Subject: 10564/Code/Ch.26/ArtVII/GreenwaysAdvisoryBoard Date: Thu, 17 May 1990 11:50:00 -0500 ORDINANCE NO. 10564 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CHATTANOOGA CITY CODE, PART II, CHAPTER 26, SO AS TO CREATE A NEW ARTICLE VII, RELATIVE TO ESTABLISHMENT OF A GREENWAYS ADVISORY BOARD. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Chattanooga desires to involve individual citizens in the planning, acquisition, management and development of the Chattanooga Greenway System, to place priority on the acquisition and development of greenways and to further the long-range development of the Chattanooga Greenways Program; and WHEREAS, the Chattanooga Greenways System includes the following Priority Greenway Corridors: the Tennessee Riverpark, the North Chickamauga Creek Greenway, the South Chickamauga Creek Greenway, the South Chattanooga Greenway, the Lookout Mountain Greenway (Old Wauhatchie Pike) and the Lookout Creek Greenway; and WHEREAS, the City of Chattanooga has retained the services of the Trust for Public Land, a national, private nonprofit land conservation organization, to provide greenway land acquisition, technical assistance, public education and outreach and coordination services to the City, various community-based greenway organizations and other public and private entities involved in the Chattanooga Greenways Program; and WHEREAS, the three greenway advisory boards previously established by the City Council in Resolution No. 19009 have 0C resulted in the formation of independent, community-based greenway organizations, including the Friends of the North Chickamauga Creek Greenway, the South Chickamauga Creek Greenway Alliance, the Lookout Mountain Protection Association and the South Chattanooga Greenway Association, which now serve the purpose of the previously established greenway advisory boards; and WHEREAS, the greenway coordinating council previously established by the City Council in Resolution No. 19009 has resulted in the formation of the Chattanooga Greenways Task Force by the Trust for Public Land, which Task Force now serves the purpose of the previously established greenway coordinating council; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE: SECTION 1. That Chattanooga City Code, Part II, Chapter 26, be and is hereby amended by enacting a new Article VII as follows: ARTICLE VII. GREENWAYS ADVISORY BOARD Sec. 26-150. Establishment. There is hereby established a board of nine (9) members, one from each district, to be known as the Greenways Advisory Board. Sec. 26-151. Appointment; chairman and secretary; term; meetings. (a) Appointment. The Greenways Advisory Board shall consist of nine (9) members to be appointed by the Mayor subject to confirmation by the City Council. The Mayor shall appoint the members from the following list of organizations, if possible: (1) Friends of the North Chickamauga Creek Greenway; (2) South Chickamauga Creek Greenway Alliance; (3) Lookout Mountain Protection Association; (4) South Chattanooga Greenway Association; (5) Chattanooga Nature Center; (6) Lula Lake Land Trust; (7) Tennessee River Gorge Trust; (8) RiverValley Partners; (9) Trust for Public Land; (l0) Chattanooga Audubon Society; (ll) Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce; (12) Bicycle Task Force; (13) Friends of Moccasin Bend; and (14) Tennessee Valley Authority An unlimited number of other persons concerned with the Chattanooga Greenways Program may be appointed by the Board to serve as non-voting, auxiliary members. (b) Chairman and Secretary. The Greenways Advisory Board shall elect annually a Chairperson and a Secretary, and may also elect such other officers and form such committees as may be necessary. (c) Term. All Greenways Advisory Board members shall be appointed so that they shall hold office for staggered terms. The members appointed from Districts l-4 shall be initially appointed for one (1) year terms. The members appointed from Districts 5-9 shall be initially appointed for two (2) year terms. After the initial appointments, terms of all members shall be for two (2) years. All members shall continue to serve until their successors have been appointed and confirmed. (d) Meetings. The Greenways Advisory Board shall meet not less than four (4) times per year and shall make recommendations concerning the establishment of greenways in the City of Chattanooga to the Mayor and the City Council. Sec. 26-152. Duties. The Greenways Advisory Board shall develop recommendations for the Chattanooga Greenway System and the Priority Greenway Corridors. In developing its recommendations the Greenways Advisory Board shall consider the following items, among others: (a) Planning for greenways, including primary and secondary uses, master plans for greenway alignment and routing, and type, level and intensity of greenway use; (b) Land protection techniques for greenway corridors, including donations in fee simple, donations of conservation easements, leases, management agreements, exchanges, acquisition in fee simple and acquisition of conservation easements; (c) Greenway development, including type, level and intensity of development, greenway design and greenway construction and engineering; (d) Greenway management and operations, including appropriate management entities, public safety, the type, level and intensity of greenway maintenance, environmental, recreational, historic and cultural programming and hours of operation; (e) Appropriate institutional framework for the Chattanooga Greenways System; (f) Methods to inform the general public as to the conservation, environmental, historical, cultural, recreational, alternative transportation, flood control, storm water management, educational and economic benefits of greenways; and (g) Funding for greenway planning, acquisition, development and management. Sec. 26-153. Quorum. No quorum shall be required for any meeting except for meetings where the Greenways Advisory Board as a body deliberates toward or adopts recommendations to the Mayor and City Council concerning the matters set forth hereinabove in which event a majority of the members appointed shall constitute a quorum. Sec. 26-154. Support and assistance. The Trust for Public Land shall support and provide assistance to the Greenways Advisory Board in carrying out its duties. The Board may also seek the support and assistance of the City's Parks and Recreation and Public Works Departments, the City Attorney, the Chattanooga- Hamilton County Regional Planning Agency and, where appropriate, other City departments and agencies, before making its recommendations to the Mayor and City Council. SECTION 2. That this Ordinance shall take effect two (2) weeks from and after its passage as required by law. PASSED on Third and Final Reading May 13, 1997. s/__________________________________ CHAIRPERSON APPROVED: ___X___DISAPPROVED:_______ DATE:_______________________________ s/__________________________________ DMC:cjc MAYOR