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Votes at a glance

- Minutes (March 18): Motion to approve minutes carried (voice vote recorded; no roll call given).

- Postpone item 12h: Councilmember McKenzie moved to postpone item 12h to the May 13 council meeting. Motion carried.

- Consent items (11h\t6j, 12j and 12k): Approved on consent.

- 8a — Resolution confirming appointments to the Public Arts Committee (Audrey Easton and Stacy Velenda Vidalia Pedaglio): Approved (motion carried).

- 9a — Ordinance amending beer-on-property and special events permit sections: Approved (see separate article for details).

- 11a — Agreement with Jones Locating Service for utility damage prevention and related services for city street lighting system, amount not to exceed $150,000: Approved (motion carried).

- 11b — Agreement with Superior Traffic Control LLC for special event flagging and traffic control services, annual amount not to exceed $75,000: Approved.

- 11c — Agreement with AWP Incorporated for special event flagging and traffic control services, annual amount not to exceed $25,000: Approved.

- 11d — Application and acceptance (if awarded) of FEMA reimbursement grant for July 7, 2023 storm damage: total grant $844,386.13, required local match $120,626.58 (project total $965,012.71): Approved.

- 11e — TDOT Improve Act transit investment grant acceptance: $724,611 with city match up to $241,538 for bus-stop improvements (Knoxville Area Transit): Approved. Councilmember Thomas noted sidewalk and bus-pad work in Inskip and thanked constituents for input.

- 11f — Project Safe Neighborhoods grant application to Tennessee Office of Criminal Justice Programs: $53,136, no local match: Approved.

- 11gs — Resolution accepting a $75,000 donation from Downtown Knoxville Alliance for the downtown compactor project: Approved. Waste and Resources manager explained the compactor plan to replace more than 700 downtown carts with about 16 self-contained compactors.

- 11h, 11i, 11j — Additional consent items: Approved as part of consent agenda (specific items referenced in the consent list; transcript notes they passed on consent).

- 12a — Appropriation of $1,500 from Community Safety and Empowerment budget to TKJ Foundation for Camp 24 (community football camp): Approved. Event date provided as July 12, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

- 12b — Appropriation of $1,500 to Genesee Charitable Birth Services for Genesee Community Baby Shower: Approved.

- 12c — Ordinance to close an unimproved, unnamed alley off the eastern side of Waverly Street and to quitclaim to adjacent property owners: Approved. Engineering staff characterized many such \"paper alleys\" as unused; council discussed access impacts for future garages/ADUs.

- 12d — Ordinance adopting the 2025 one-year plan (amended to retain duplex location standards until conversion-design standards are adopted): Approved 8-1 (see separate article for details).

- 12e/12v — Code amendment to CN zoning district setbacks (minimum interior side, corner side and rear setbacks): Approved. Applicant: Arbenly Marlowe.

- 12f — South City Sector Plan amendment to South Waterfront Mixed Use district type 2 (Daniel Levy): Approved.

- 12g — Base zoning change from IG (General Industrial) to IMU (Industrial Mixed Use) for property at 2201/2209/2215 Ashley Street (Daniel Levy): Approved.

- 12h — Previously postponed earlier in meeting to May 13.

- 12i — Rezoning (RN1 to O) at 413 East Inskip Drive (Julio Herrera): Approved.

- 12j and 12k — Ordinances approved on consent.

Procedural notes: nearly all items were approved by voice vote with the phrase \"motion carries\" recorded in the public transcript; only the one-year plan recorded an explicit tally (8-1). Several items included short staff presentations or public comments; other items were handled on consent.

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The ordinance (item 9a) passed after a short public comment period and a question-and-answer exchange with Kendra Brewer, the city's director of special events, who described the special-events permit review. Brewer said applicants must apply for a special-event permit 90 days before an event; staff convenes to check for calendar conflicts, location feasibility, right-of-way impacts, safety and traffic; and organizers must submit site maps and traffic plans. Special-events beer permit applications must be in the process at least 70 days before the event so staff can review before the Beer Board considers an alcohol permit.

Council members asked how neighbors would be notified if an event with beer sales were approved in a residential area. Brewer said staff follows established outreach steps including door-to-door notifications and flyers in mailboxes when events traverse or impact residential streets, and staff coordinates with neighborhood associations for broader notice. She cited the USA Cycling example where organizers knocked on doors and distributed information.

Council asked about enforcement and underage consumption. Vice Mayor Smith confirmed Knoxville Police Department has the same enforcement oversight for special-event beer permits that it does for on-premise licenses.

Seth Barber, speaking in favor, told council the change would help spread events beyond downtown and provide new opportunities for neighborhood events. No speakers registered in opposition.

Councilmembers emphasized that legacy and large events retain scheduling priority and that staff considers capacity and conflicts when reviewing special-event permit requests. The ordinance was approved with no recorded roll-call in the public transcript.

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The council voted 8-1 to adopt the plan while inserting language that keeps the current location standards on pages 29\t6 of the 2024 adopted one-year plan operative until 120 days after the Planning Commission holds a public hearing on design standards for conversions of single-family homes to duplexes; after that period the location standards will expire.

The amendment was proposed by Councilmember Roberto and discussed at length by council members who said they wanted design standards for conversions to match standards for new duplex construction. Director Brooks (planning staff) told the council city planning staff could draft the conversion language and take it to the Planning Commission in time for the schedule council requested.

Supporters of the plan said loosening location restrictions would increase housing supply and help infill development. Drew Harper, vice president of VES Knoxville, told council that expanding where duplexes are permitted would add housing choices, discourage sprawl and serve climate and fiscal goals.

Opponents urged caution and asked that design standards be adopted for converted duplexes, arguing conversions should be held to the same design criteria used for new duplex construction. Carlene Malone, a former city council member, and Joyce (last name not specified), president of Scenic Knoxville, asked council to require that conversions \"fit into the neighborhood pattern\" and to adopt clear conversion design standards before changing location rules.

Council and staff exchanged specifics about where design language would be added. Director Brooks said the principal use standards in City Code section 9.3 (dwelling, two-family) could be amended to include conversions and that the change would be a relatively minor text amendment requiring Planning Commission review.

Councilmember Roberto's amendment inserted a process-based timeline rather than a fixed calendar date. City staff and the city attorney (Mr. Frost) discussed legal timing tied to Planning Commission hearings; council settled on the 120-day window after the Planning Commission public hearing as the trigger for council consideration.

Council members expressed differing priorities: some emphasized the urgent need for more housing, others emphasized protecting existing neighborhood character and homeowners' investments. Several speakers during public comment recounted neighborhood impacts and urged either a pause or clear standards for conversions.

The ordinance, as amended, preserves the existing location standards for duplexes until the Planning Commission holds the conversion-design public hearing and council acts within the 120-day window. The council recorded the final vote as 8 in favor, 1 opposed.

What comes next: planning staff agreed to draft conversion-design language for inclusion in Section 9.3 (principal use standards, subsection j). The matter will go to the Knoxville-Knox County Planning Commission for a public hearing before it is returned to council for final action within the 120-day window established by the amendment.

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Votes at a glance: council approves grants, contracts, appointments and zoning changes

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Council adopts 2025 one-year plan but delays removal of duplex location standards until conversion design rules are adopted