August 29, 2022

AUGUST 29, 2022 - Area Plan, Board Appointments, and More

GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS

• Chattanoogans in Action for Love, Equality, and Benevolence (CALEB) is spearheading an effort to form a Community Benefits Agreement (CBA) as part of the new South Broad development. CALEB is pursuing two agreements, on with Hardball Capital which will cover the stadium itself, and one with New City Development, the master developer for the surrounding area. I am in the process of scheduling an interview to learn more about the CBAs.
• Chattanooga Design Studio has announced its participation in Park(ing) Day 2022 on September 16. “Park(ing) day is a global, public, participatory art project launched by Rebar in 2005. It is a day where people across the world temporarily repurpose street parking spaces and convert them to tiny parks and places for art, play, and activism.” You can sign up to reserve a spot here.

AUGST 23 CITY COUNCIL HIGHLIGHTS

The meeting recording can be found here.
The meeting minutes can be found here.

• On August 23 the city council will:
  • held a public hearing on the East Brainerd Area 11 Plan. This plan was created by the RPA the inform future zoning cases and land use plans in the East Brainerd area. You can view the plan here. You can view the city council presentation and public comments here.
  • voted on a number of rezoning cases (first and second readings).
  • voted to approve a minor amendment to the zoning code (first reading).
  • voted to close and abandon several sections of unused right of way (first reading).
  • voted to confirm the appointment of Ann Taylor to the Library Board of Directors.
  • voted to confirm the appointment of Dr. Ernest Reid, Joyce Jackson, and Tccora Johnson Petersen to the Head Start Governing Board.
  • voted to confirm the appointment of Sherelle Reid, Dr. Lar’mara Henderson, Meghan Creecy, Wynona McClendon, and Sharon Smith-Hensley to the newly created Office of Family Empowerment Board.
  • voted to adopt the East Brainerd Area 11 Plan.
  • a number of citizens addressed the council. You can listen to the full public comments here.

AUGUST 30 CITY COUNCIL HIGHLIGHTS

The meeting agenda can be found here.

• On August 30 the city council will:
  • vote on a number of rezoning cases (second reading).
  • vote on a minor amendment to the zoning code (second reading).
  • vote to close and abandon several sections of unused right of way (second reading).
  • vote to amend the ordinance controlling to the Downtown Central Business Improvement District (first reading).
  • vote to confirm the appointment of Jim Williamson, David Hudson, Tenesha Irvin, Sarah Brogdon, and Thomas Palmer to the Form-Based Code Committee.
  • vote to confirm the appointment of Charles Young, Ronald Pendergrass, and James Walker to the Board of Electrical Examiners.
  • vote to confirm the appointment of Brenda Jean Adamson, Matt Lyle, Nathan Bird (for transparency, that’s me), and Vyomesh Desai to the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Regional Planning Commission.
  • vote to confirm the appointment of John Tucker, Shea Cofer, and Sandra Koss to the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Air Pollution Control Board.
  • vote to authorize an agreement with the Chattanooga Housing Authority to house 100 homeless individuals at a rate of $600 per person per year.

SEPTEMBER 6 CITY COUNCIL HIGHLIGHTS

The meeting agenda can be found here.

• On September 6 the city council will:
  • vote to amend the ordinance controlling to the Downtown Central Business Improvement District (first reading).
  • vote on a number of rezoning cases (first reading).
  • vote to confirm the appointment of Lea Anne Wiles, Sandra Norwood, Sharon Watts, Whitney Brazell to the Head Start Governing Board.
  • vote to confirm the appointment of Edward Greene, Jr.
  • vote to jointly apply with the regional Transportation Panning Organization for a Safe Streets For All grant to develop a Comprehensive Safety Action Plan.