Regular meeting — January 24, 2022

Move to amend the agenda to add the following items: Item #29 - Resolution R-22-1-101 - Consideration of a Resolution of the Commission of Knox County, Tennessee, honoring the Community Partnerships involved in the Powell Trench Collapse; and Item #48 - Discussion item regarding Planning Commission’s request to review the Planned Residential Zone.

Moved by Charles Busler · seconded by John Schoonmaker

Approve Resolution R-22-1-201 - Resolution of the Commission of Knox County, Tennessee, approving a contract with MSA Business Technology for the provision of printer monitoring software and services in an amount up to $22,500.00 annually for the term of January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023 with the option to extend annually for an additional three (3) years.

Moved by Randy Smith · seconded by Justin Biggs

Approve Resolution R-22-1-202 - Resolution of the Commission of Knox County, Tennessee, approving an Agreement with Zonar Systems, Inc. for the provision of GPS services in an amount up to $200,000.00 annually for a term of up to five (5) years.

Moved by Randy Smith · seconded by Justin Biggs

Approve Resolution R-22-1-203 - Resolution of the Commission of Knox County, Tennessee, approving an agreement with Dollar & Ewers Architecture, Inc. for the design of renovations to Lincoln Park Center at a cost of $400,000.00.

Moved by Randy Smith · seconded by Justin Biggs

Approve Resolution R-22-1-204 - Resolution of the Commission of Knox County, Tennessee, approving a retainer agreement with Millsaps Gowan Government Relations for the provision of governmental consulting services to the Coalition of Large School Systems (CLASS) for the term of January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022 at a cost of $37,500.00.

Moved by Randy Smith · seconded by Justin Biggs

Approve Resolution R-22-1-205 - Resolution of the Commission of Knox County, Tennessee, authorizing the acceptance of grant funds and donations for the Knox County Schools as shown on the attached list and in the total amount of $65,590.11.

Moved by Randy Smith · seconded by Justin Biggs

Approve Resolution R-22-1-110 - Resolution of the Commission of Knox County, Tennessee, appointing Commissioner Dasha Lundy and reappointing Commissioner Larsen Jay, Richard Neal and Melanie Harris to the Agricultural Extension Committee (terms expire December 31, 2023).

Moved by Randy Smith · seconded by Justin Biggs

Approve Resolution R-22-1-301 - Resolution of the Commission of Knox County, Tennessee, approving a contract with Black Creek Integrated Systems Corporation for a Jail Security Control and CCTV System Upgrade in the amount of $1,613,090.00 (funded in Capital Plan).

Moved by Randy Smith · seconded by Justin Biggs

Approve Resolution R-22-1-401 - Resolution of the Commission of Knox County, Tennessee, approving Covenants for Permanent Maintenance of Stormwater Facilities and Best Management Practices with William David Wilkinson for property located at 8116 Nubbin Ridge Drive (CLT Parcel #133-073) in Commission District 4.

Moved by Randy Smith · seconded by Justin Biggs

Approve Resolution R-22-1-402 - Resolution of the Commission of Knox County, Tennessee, approving Covenants for Permanent Maintenance of Stormwater Facilities and Best Management Practices with Autumn Care, LLC for property located at 3222 Byington Beaver Ridge Road (CLT Parcel #090EB016) in Commission District 6.

Moved by Randy Smith · seconded by Justin Biggs

Approve Resolution R-22-1-403 - Resolution of the Commission of Knox County, Tennessee, approving Covenants for Permanent Maintenance of Stormwater Facilities and Best Management Practices with Primos Land Company, LLC for property located at 5913 West Emory Road (CLT Parcel #078-038) in Commission District 6.

Moved by Randy Smith · seconded by Justin Biggs

Approve Resolution R-22-1-404 - Resolution of the Commission of Knox County, Tennessee, approving Covenants for Permanent Maintenance of Stormwater Facilities and Best Management Practices with Primos Land Company, LLC for properties located at 8520 West Emory Road (CLT Parcel #077-098) and 0 Beaver Ridge Road (CLT Parcel #077-14801) in Commission District 6.

Moved by Randy Smith · seconded by Justin Biggs

Approve Resolution R-22-1-405 - Resolution of the Commission of Knox County, Tennessee, approving an agreement for supplemental funding in the amount of $38,000.00 with Volkert, Inc. for additional design services for the Brickyard Road Roundabout Project at the intersection of West Beaver Creek Drive at Brickyard Road.

Moved by Randy Smith · seconded by Justin Biggs

Approve Resolution R-22-1-406 - Resolution of the Commission of Knox County, Tennessee, approving a construction contract in the amount of $685,535.00 with Southern Constructors, Inc. for the North Cedar Bluff Road Sidewalks Projects.

Moved by Randy Smith · seconded by Justin Biggs

Approve Resolution R-22-1-407 - Resolution of the Commission of Knox County, Tennessee, approving a Local Agency Project Agreement with the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) for a traffic signal and associated warning devices for the intersection of Rutledge Pike (State Route 1) and Mine Road (Knox County is responsible for the amount not to exceed $150,000.00 for the project).

Moved by Randy Smith · seconded by Justin Biggs

Approve Resolution R-22-1-501 - Resolution of the Commission of Knox County, Tennessee, approving contracts with Baron’s Inc. dba Rothchild Catering, Bridgewater Management Corporation dba Bridgewater Place, Jubilee Banquet Facility, and Spaces in the City for the provision of venue and catering services for training events.

Moved by Randy Smith · seconded by Justin Biggs

Approve Resolution R-22-1-502 - Resolution of the Commission of Knox County, Tennessee, approving a Memorandum of Understanding and Agreement with Knoxville Habitat for Humanity to provide $1,000,000.00 in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery (SLFR) Funds for activities that serve communities disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic (federally funded through Treasury SLFR Funds).

Moved by Randy Smith · seconded by Justin Biggs

Approve Resolution R-22-1-601 - Resolution of the Commission of Knox County, Tennessee, approving a grant contract in an amount not to exceed $1,250,000.00 with the Tennessee Department of Health for the provision of dental services (no local match required).

Moved by Randy Smith · seconded by Justin Biggs

Approve Resolution R-22-1-602 - Resolution of the Commission of Knox County, Tennessee, approving Amendment Five to a Grant Contract with the Tennessee Department of Health for the provision of Tobacco Prevention Program Services, which amendment increases the maximum liability of the State under the contract by $10,000.00 and extends the term of the contract by one (1) year to expire June 30, 2023 (no local match required).

Moved by Randy Smith · seconded by Justin Biggs

Approve Resolution R-22-1-603 - Resolution of the Commission of Knox County, Tennessee, approving a grant contract in an amount not to exceed $50,000.00 with the Tennessee Department of Health for the provision of Tennessee Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Services for the period beginning July 1, 2022 and ending June 30, 2023 (no local match required).

Moved by Randy Smith · seconded by Justin Biggs

Approve Resolution R-22-1-604 - Resolution of the Commission of Knox County, Tennessee, approving Amendment 3 to a Grant Contract with the Tennessee Department of Health for the provision of public health emergency preparedness and crisis response, which amendment increases the maximum liability of the State under the Grant Contract by $7,055,000.00 (no local match required).

Moved by Randy Smith · seconded by Justin Biggs

Approve Resolution R-22-1-605 - Resolution of the Commission of Knox County, Tennessee, approving Amendment One to a Grant Contract with the Tennessee Department of Health for the provision of Community Health Access and Navigation in Tennessee (CHANT) Program services, which amendment increases the maximum liability of the State under the Grant Contract by $966,200.00 and extends the term to June 30, 2023 (no local match required).

Moved by Randy Smith · seconded by Justin Biggs

Approve Resolution R-22-1-701 - Resolution of the Commission of Knox County, Tennessee, approving the Knox County Recreational Facility and Parks Naming Rights Policy and a Knox County Naming Rights Gift Agreement to allow donors to make monetary donations to the Legacy Parks Foundation for the use and benefit of Knox County for recreational facilities, park enhancements and/or development and to acquire naming rights to those facilities or parks, subject to the approval of the Knox County Commission.

Moved by Randy Smith · seconded by Justin Biggs

Approve Resolution R-22-1-702 - Resolution of the Commission of Knox County, Tennessee, accepting donations in the total amount of $5,886.25 and eleven and a quarter (11.25) barrels of food collected from visitors at Knox County’s Holiday Festival of Lights at Concord Park and approving the donation of same to the Love Kitchen.

Moved by Randy Smith · seconded by Justin Biggs

Approve Resolution R-22-1-801 - Resolution of the Commission of Knox County, Tennessee, approving a Participating Addendum with Voiance Language Services, LLC to allow Knox County to utilize a Master Agreement to procure On-Demand Remote Interpreting and Document Translation Services through the National Association of State Procurement Officials (NASPO).

Moved by Randy Smith · seconded by Justin Biggs

Approve Resolution R-22-1-802 - Resolution of the Commission of Knox County, Tennessee, approving two (2) Utility Easements with the Knoxville Utilities Board (KUB) for property located at 1517 Hickey Road (Parcel ID 104 196) in the amount of $10,700.00 and 1609 Hickey Road (Parcel ID 104 196.02) in the amount of $600.00.

Moved by Randy Smith · seconded by Justin Biggs

Approve Resolution R-22-1-803 - Resolution of the Commission of Knox County, Tennessee, approving an Application and General Terms and Conditions for the use of Tennessee State Wide Contract #70144 for Fleet Credit Card services with FleetCor Technologies Operating Company, LLC dba FleetCor for the purchase of gasoline and diesel fuel as needed by departments and offices of Knox County Government and Knox County Schools.

Moved by Randy Smith · seconded by Justin Biggs

Approve Resolution R-22-1-901 - Resolution of the Commission of Knox County, Tennessee, approving a contract with Pugh & Company, PC for professional auditing services for the Fiscal Year 2022 independent audit in the amount of $501,200.00.

Moved by Randy Smith · seconded by Justin Biggs

Approve Resolution R-22-1-902 - Resolution of the Commission of Knox County, Tennessee, approving a contract between the Knoxville/Knox County/Knoxville Utilities Board Geographic Information System (KGIS) and Quantum Spatial, Inc. dba NV5 Geospatial for a LiDAR Data Acquisition project.

Moved by Randy Smith · seconded by Justin Biggs

Approve Resolution R-22-1-101 - Resolution of the Commission of Knox County, Tennessee, honoring the Community Partnerships involved in the Powell Trench Collapse.

Moved by Charles Busler · seconded by John Schoonmaker

Defer this item to the February 2022 Board of Commissioners meeting.

Moved by unrecorded

Approve the minutes of the previous meeting held on December 7, 2021 (Special Session); and December 20, 2021 (Regular Session).

Moved by Justin Biggs · seconded by Terry Hill

Approve the acceptance of the following new county road: A. Poplar Grove Lane, Boulder Point, Phase 6, District 6.

Moved by Justin Biggs · seconded by Terry Hill

Approve the closure of the unbuilt portion of Chirping Bird Lane east of Creekside Manor Lane in Creekside Manor Subdivision on first reading.

Moved by Justin Biggs · seconded by Terry Hill

Approve the 198 Notary Public Applications.

Moved by Charles Busler · seconded by Courtney Durrett

Suspend the rules and amend the agenda to defer the following items to the February 2022 Board of Commissioners meeting: Item #38 - Request of Thunder Mountain Properties, LLC for South County Sector Plan Amendment from A Agricultural and HP Hillside Protection) to LDR Low Density Residential and HP Hillside Protection, property located at 8802 Sevierville Pike and 0 Dry Hollow Road, Parcel ID 138 274 and 270 (part of), (Commission District 9) Planning Commission’s file number: 11-B-21-SP; Item #39 - Request of Thunder Mountain Properties, LLC for rezoning from A Agricultural, CA General Business, CB Business and Manufacturing and RA Low Density Residential to PR Planned Residential up to 3 dwelling units per acre, property located at 8802 Sevierville Pike and 0 Dry Hollow Road, Parcel ID 138 274 and 270 (part of), (Commission District 9) Planning Commission’s file number: 11-F-21-RZ; and Item #42 - Request of Jason McMahan for rezoning from A Agricultural to PR Planned Residential up to 5 dwelling units per acre, property located at 3911 Gordon Smith Road, Parcel ID 28 O A 9, (Commission District 7) Planning Commission’s file number: 12-F-21-RZ.

Moved by Charles Busler · seconded by Larsen Jay

Approve the request of Roy Trenton Primm to change street name of Venice Road to Summer Bird Drive between Laurel Hill Road and Sanders Road.

Moved by unrecorded

Deferred to the February 2022 Board of Commissioners meeting.

Moved by unrecorded

This item was deferred to the February 2022 Board of Commissioners meeting.

Moved by unrecorded

This item was deferred to the February 2022 Board of Commissioners meeting.

Moved by unrecorded

This item was deferred to later at the day’s meeting.

Moved by unrecorded

Approve Resolution RZ-22-1-102 – Resolution of the Commission of Knox County, Tennessee, approving the request of Bruce Duncan for rezoning from RB General Residential to T Transition as per Planning Commission’s recommendation.

Moved by Carson Dailey · seconded by Charles Busler

This item was deferred to the February 2022 Board of Commissioners meeting.

Moved by unrecorded

Approve the request of Safe Harbor Residential for rezoning from A Agricultural to PR Panned Residential at 1 dwelling unit per acre.

Moved by Terry Hill · seconded by Dasha Lundy

Approve Resolution RZ-22-1-103 – Resolution of the Commission of Knox County, Tennessee, approving the request of Safe Harbor Residential for rezoning from A Agricultural to PR Panned Residential at 3 dwelling units per acre.

Moved by Kyle Ward · seconded by Randy Smith

Approve Resolution RZ-22-1-104 – Resolution of the Commission of Knox County, Tennessee, approving the request of Mary Gooden for rezoning from A Agricultural to RA Low Density Residential as per Planning Commission’s recommendation.

Moved by Terry Hill · seconded by Charles Busler

Suspend the rules to consider the item without the applicant being present.

Moved by Randy Smith · seconded by Kyle Ward

Approve Resolution RZ-22-1-101 – Resolution of the Commission of Knox County, Tennessee, approving the request of Roy Trenton Primm to change street name of Venice Road to Summer Bird Drive between Laurel Hill Road and Sanders Road as per Planning Commission’s recommendation.

Moved by Randy Smith · seconded by Kyle Ward

Approve Resolution RZ-22-1-105 – Resolution of the Commission of Knox County, Tennessee, approving the request of Ball Homes, LLC for Northwest County Sector Plan Amendment from A Agricultural and HP Hillside Protection to RR Rural Residential and HP Hillside Protection as per Planning Commission’s recommendation.

Moved by Terry Hill · seconded by Kyle Ward

Approve the request of Ball Homes, LLC for rezoning from A Agricultural to PR Planned Residential up to 3 dwelling units per acre as per Planning Commission’s recommendation.

Moved by Terry Hill · seconded by Carson Dailey

Approve Resolution RZ-22-1-106 – Resolution of the Commission of Knox County, Tennessee, approving the request of Ball Homes, LLC for rezoning from A Agricultural to PR Planned Residential at 3.5 dwelling units per acre.

Moved by Kyle Ward · seconded by Charles Busler

Approve Resolution RZ-22-1-107 – Resolution of the Commission of Knox County, Tennessee, approving the request of Stephanie Walther for rezoning from I Industrial to A Agricultural as per Planning Commission’s recommendation.

Moved by Randy Smith · seconded by Charles Busler

This item was deferred to the February 2022 Board of Commissioners meeting.

Moved by unrecorded

This item was deferred to the February 2022 Board of Commissioners meeting.

Moved by unrecorded