The Chattanooga Housing Authority’s Harriet Tubman complex in East Chattanooga sits vacant.
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IN OTHER BUSINESSThe City Council:• Approved a $6,500 grant from the Benwood Foundation to host a joint workshop with the Dutch Cycling Embassy and the Royal Netherlands Embassy to research bike transportation in the city.• Authorized Ross Glass & Aluminum to repair the Holmberg Bridge, the glass bridge near the Hunter Museum of Art, for $11,800.• Approved paying James D. Lee Inc. $85,000 for two sanitary sewer easements related to the East Brainerd Road Sanitary Sewer Relocation Project.
Less than a week after Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke announced plans to buy the derelict Harriet Tubman housing development, City Council members gave him the green light to move ahead.
The only councilman to vote “no” questioned whether the administration’s hasty request could cut out community feedback and lead to the loss of federal dollars for cleanup.
“This is a big budget item,” said Ken Smith after Tuesday’s council meeting. “I haven’t been able to dig in and see what the bigger problems could be.”