Staff Directory

Chattanooga-Hamilton County Regional Planning Agency

Executive Director: Dan Reuter, FAICP
Phone number: (423) 643-5930

 

Administration

Director: Karen Rennich, RPA Deputy Director
Direct phone number:  (423) 643-5903
Department main number (423) 643-5900
Core Functions
  • RPA Work Program/Departmental Coordination
  • Staff Development
  • Budget, Finance, Payroll
  • Public Meeting Logistics Support
  • Agency Graphics/Web Support
TPO Functions
  • TPO Board/TCC Coordination
  • Unified Planning Work Program
  • Title VI Liaison
  • Grant Management/Quarterly Reports

 

Research and Analysis

Director:  Yuen Lee
Direct phone number:  (423) 643-5946
Department main number (423) 643-5900
Core Functions
  • Development and application of analytical tools (surveys, market studies, etc..)
  • Data collection/processing/ analysis
  • Model development and application
TPO Functions
  • Intelligent Transportation System
  • Congestion Management Process
  • Transportation Demand Model
  • Planning for Operations
  • Base Year and Future Year Projections

 

Transportation Planning & Metropolitan Planning Organization

Director/MPO Coordinator:  Melissa Taylor
Direct phone number:  (423) 643-5944
Department main number (423) 643-5900
Core Functions
  • City of Chattanooga, Hamilton County, and Regional Transportation Planning
  • Planning and Environmental Linkages in Transportation
  • Coordination between Sustainability, Equity, and Resilience
  • Vision Zero and Safer Streets
  • ArcGIS Online Repository and Dashboards
  • Grant Support & Administration
  • Transportation Design Support
TPO Functions
  • Regional Transportation Plan
  • Transportation Improvement Program; Public Participation Plan
  • Bike/Pedestrian/Transit Planning
  • Safety and Multimodal Data Collection and Analysis
  • Passenger Rail Planning
  • Freight Movement Planning
  • Airport Coordination
  • Facilitate Georgia Advisory Committee
  • Multimodal Advisory Committee

 

Community Planning & Design

Director:  (contact the RPA’s main office for information)
Email:
Direct phone number:
Department main number (423) 643-5900
Core Functions
  • Community/Area Planning
  • Development review for proposals that require form/site-plan design review (Form Based Code/Historic Zoning)
  • Public space/street programming and design
  • Site/district redevelopment plans
  • Develop best practices for site design, street design, urban design

 

Development Services

Director:  Bryan Shults
Direct phone number:  (423) 643-5937
Department main number (423) 643-5902
Core Functions
  • Subdivision Review
  • Rezoning Case Application Coordination
  • Zoning Case Report Development
  • Planning Commission Administrative support
  • Zoning/Subdivision Ordinance Development
  • Technical Expert – Existing Development Review Processes
  • Maintain the Official Zoning Map(s)
  • Facilitate integration of TPO policies into development review