Here is the upcoming City Council agenda for Tuesday:
I. Call to Order by Chairwoman Hill.
II. Pledge of Allegiance/Invocation (Councilman Elliott).
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
? Paving List - By Jerramy Wood & team
? Parks & Outdoors Goals and Vision - By April Furth
RECESS
Order of Business for City Council
VII.
Ordinances – Final Reading:
LEGAL
a. An ordinance to amend Chattanooga City Code, Part II, Chapter 7, Section 7-107 and
Chapter 7, Section 7-145, relative to Urban Chickens. (Version #10)
PARKS, PUBLIC WORKS, AND WASTEWATER
Public Works
b. MR-2025-0092 Kimley-Horn c/o Donna Shepherd (Abandonment). An ordinance
closing and abandoning the unopened right-of-way located in the 200 block of W. 27th
Street, as shown on the attached maps, subject to certain conditions. (District 7)
(Recommended for approval by Planning Commission and Public Works)
c. MR-2025-0095 Clemons Surveying c/o Samuel W. Clemons (Abandonment). An
ordinance closing and abandoning the unopened right-of-way located in the 600 block
of N. Crest Road, as shown on the attached maps, subject to certain conditions.
(District 9) (Recommended for approval by Planning Commission and Public
Works)
PLANNING
d. 2025-0088 Mikhail Livarchuk (I-H Heavy Industrial Zone to TRN-3 Transitional
Residential Neighborhood Zone). An ordinance to amend Chattanooga City Code,
Part II, Chapter 38, Zoning Ordinance, so as to rezone property located at 2105
Randolph Street, from I-H Heavy Industrial Zone to TRN-3 Transitional Residential
Neighborhood Zone. (District 9) (Recommended for approval by Planning
Commission and Staff) (Deferred from 07-08-2025)
VIII. Ordinances - First Reading: (None)
IX. Resolutions:
LIBRARY
a. A resolution authorizing the Executive Director of the Chattanooga Public Library to
accept $430,500.00 from the State of Tennessee, Office of the Secretary of State,
Tennessee Library and Archives for providing access to and/or circulating library
materials in a variety of formats providing special services to children and young
people, to promote general education support services, targeting materials in persons
having difficulty using a library, and to the underserved.
PARKS, PUBLIC WORKS, AND WASTEWATER
Public Works
b. A resolution authorizing the Administrator for the Department of Public Works to
enter into a Green Grants Project Agreement with Chattanooga Food Center for
design and installation of a Water Quality Retrofit Project at 901 Dodds, for an
amount not to exceed $99,660.00. (District 9)
c. A resolution amending Resolution No. 32547, to read as follows: “A resolution
authorizing a four (4) year contract for the On-Call blanket contracts for design and
plan production services, Contract No. S-25-002-101, with the following firms: (1)
WSP USA; (2) Barge Design Solutions, Inc.; (3) Jacobs Engineering; (4) Consor
Engineers, LLC; (5) Alfred Benesch & Co.; (6) Arcadis US, Inc.; (7) Ragan-Smith
Associates, Inc.; (8) Lichliter, Jameson & Associates Engineering, Inc.; (9)
Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.; and (10) Civil Site Design Group Company, for
professional services estimated at $1.5 million total, for all ten (10) professional
firms, for use by all departments.”
Wastewater
d. A resolution authorizing the Administrator for the Wastewater Department to approve
Change Order No. 4 with Reeves Young, LLC, of Sugar Hill, GA, for Contract Nos.
W-17-023-201 and W-18-008-201, MBWWTP Improvements – Schedules A and B,
for incorporating CRF Nos. 17, 18, 19, 20, and 21 for material testing, concrete
coatings, bypass piping, re-routing of wiring, and revisions to the eighty-four (84”)
inch pipe alignment, for an increase of $1,486,622.69, for a revised contract amount
of $12,426,209.90, with a contingency in the amount of $413,450.00, for a total
amount of $12,839,659.90.
POLICE
e. A resolution to amend Resolution No. 32381 to extend the date of the Tennessee Law
Enforcement Hiring, Training, and Recruitment Program Grant period to February 1,
2025, and ending March 19, 2029, with no change in amount.
X. Purchases.
XI. Committee Reports.
XII. Other Business. (Item Listed Below):
a. Certificate of Compliance, 7-Eleven, Inc. d/b/a Speedway #42185 (1886), 4862
Bonny Oaks Drive, Chattanooga, TN 37416. (District 5) (Deferred from
07-15-2025)
XIII. Recognition of Persons Wishing to Address the Council.
XIV. Adjournment.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2025
CITY COUNCIL PROPOSED AGENDA
3:30 PM
1. Call to Order by Chairwoman Hill.
2. Pledge of Allegiance/Invocation (Councilman 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:
? Planning and Zoning Committee
RECESS
Order of Business for City Council
7. Ordinances - Final Reading: (None)
8. Ordinances - First Reading:
PARKS, PUBLIC WORKS, AND WASTEWATER
Public Works
a. MR-2025-0066 Sam Koebley c/o Koesten Development Company LLC
(Abandonment). An ordinance closing and abandoning the unopened right-of-way in
the 200 block of Tremont Street, as detailed on the attached maps. (District 2)
(Recommended for approval by Planning Commission and Public Works)
(Deferred from 07-01-2025 and 07-15-2025)
b. MR-2025-0079 Wendy Elliot (Abandonment). An ordinance closing and abandoning
the unopened right-of-way in the unit block of Chambliss Street, as shown on the
attached maps. (District 2) (Recommended for approval by Planning
Commission and Public Works) (Deferred from 07-22-2025)
9. Resolutions:
FINANCE
a. A resolution authorizing the Department of Finance to utilize the new Senior Tax
Freeze amounts set forth in Tenn. Code Ann. Section 67-5-705(f)(3)(A)(iii), with an
income limit of $60,000.00 on all applications for the Senior Tax Freeze Program
established at City Code Section 2-111 in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 1.
MAYOR’S OFFICE
b. A resolution confirming Mayor Kelly’s appointment of Terry Knowles as Fire Chief.
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY
c. A resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute a Proposal with the Tennessee
Department of Transportation for PIN #129839.00, U.S. 41 from Wauhatchie
Pike/Browns Ferry Road to near SR-17 in Chattanooga Route SR-2.
d. A resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute a Proposal with the Tennessee
Department of Transportation for PIN #125387.00, at LMs 4.6 and 5.1 in
Chattanooga (Rockfall Mitigation) Route SR-2.
e. A resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute a Proposal with the Tennessee
Department of Transportation for PIN #125259.00, at LM 3.8 (Rockfall Mitigation)
Route SR-148.
PARKS, PUBLIC WORKS, AND WASTEWATER
Public Works
f. A resolution authorizing the Department of Public Works to erect commemorative
secondary street name signs on Central Avenue from E. 38th Street to Workman Road,
designating such portions as “Milton L. Jackson, Sr. Avenue”. (District 7)
g. A resolution authorizing the Department of Public Works to erect commemorative
secondary street name signs on W. 45th Street from Central Avenue to Oakland
Avenue, designating it as “Florence High Avenue”. (District 7)
Wastewater
h. A resolution authorizing four (4) year On-Call blanket contracts for plan production
services, Contract No. W-24-026, with the following firms: (1) Anaergia; (2) C2RL
Engineering, Inc.; (3) Consor Engineers, LLC; (4) Gresham Smith; (5) HDR, Inc.; (6)
Jacobs Solutions; (7) Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.; (8) LJA Engineering, Inc.;
(9) Stantec, Inc.; (10) Symbiont Science, Engineering, and Construction, Inc.; (11)
Ardurra; (12) Barge Design Solutions, Inc.; (13) Black & Veatch Corporation; (14)
CDM Smith, Inc.; (15) Clean Methane Systems; (16) Croy Engineering, LLC; (17)
CTI and Associates, Inc.; (18) Geosyntec Consultants, Inc.; (19) Lamar Dunn &
Associates; (20) Orchard, Hiltz & McCliment, Inc.; (21) Rummel, Klepper & Kahl,
LLP; and (22) TWM, Inc., for professional services estimated at $1 million annually
for all twenty-two (22) professional firms, for use by the Wastewater Department.
10. Purchases.
11. Committee Reports.
12. Recognition of Persons Wishing to Address the Council.
13. Adjournment.