Regional Park recreation offices: the documented decision history
Follow the documented proposal to convert the Regional Park house into recreation offices, the rejection of renovation bids, and the later decision to relocate the offices to the Southeast Tennessee Trade and Conference Center. These records establish approvals and a change in direction, not spending or completed work.
Approvals, contract amounts, and reported expenditure describe different stages. They are not added together as a project total.
Regional Park office-renovation design approvedApproved design proposal · PASSED
Council approved Allen & Hoshall’s proposal to prepare design plans and construction drawings for renovating the house at Regional Park into Parks and Recreation offices. The reviewed decision states no design fee, construction estimate, or authorization to begin construction.
- Sherlin: yes
- Duggan: yes
- Eaton: yes
- Curtis: yes
- Pelley: no
Recorded vote: Council approved Allen & Hoshall’s proposal for design plans and construction drawings to renovate the Regional Park house for Parks and Recreation offices.
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Search the archive: Regional Park house · Parks and Recreation offices · Allen & Hoshall · design plans
Renovation bids rejected and alternate office location selectedRejected construction bids and relocation decision · PASSED
Council rejected every bid submitted under RFP 25-18 to renovate the Regional Park house and chose an alternate plan to move Parks and Recreation to the Southeast Tennessee Trade and Conference Center. The decision ended the recorded renovation-bid path but did not state bid amounts or relocation terms.
- Sherlin: yes
- McCowan: yes
- Curtis: yes
- Eaton: yes
- Duggan: yes
Recorded vote: Council rejected all bids to renovate the Regional Park house and approved relocating Parks and Recreation to the Southeast Tennessee Trade and Conference Center.
Reviewed decisions: View decision
Search the archive: RFP 25-18 · Regional Park house · Southeast Tennessee Trade and Conference Center
Parks and Recreation office relocation approvedApproved office relocation · PASSED — consent agenda
Council approved moving the Parks and Recreation offices from City Hall to the small classroom at the Southeast Tennessee Trade and Conference Center as part of the consent agenda. The motion does not state renovation, lease, moving, or operating costs or confirm that the relocation was completed.
- Eaton: yes
- Curtis: yes
- Duggan: yes
- Sherlin: yes
- McCowan: yes
Recorded vote: Council collectively approved rejecting the Christmas-light-show bid, surplus equipment, recreation-office relocation, a stormwater services amendment, Fair Housing Month, and board reappointments.
- 2026 4 21 Minutes Regular Session signed · PDF page 1
- 2026 4 21 Minutes Regular Session signed · PDF page 2
Reviewed decisions: View decision
Search the archive: Parks and Recreation offices · Trade and Conference Center · small classroom
What remains unconnectedEvidence needed to complete the trail.
- The reviewed July 2025 decision does not state Allen & Hoshall’s design fee, the planned renovation budget, or whether the design documents were completed.
- The reviewed January 2026 decision does not list the RFP 25-18 bidders, bid amounts, procurement evaluation, or costs for the alternate location.
- The reviewed April 2026 relocation approval does not provide an agreement, occupancy terms, renovation scope, moving cost, or operating-cost allocation for the Trade and Conference Center classroom.
- No reviewed decision confirms the date on which Parks and Recreation moved, whether the move was completed, or the final use or disposition of the Regional Park house.
- An April 2025 vote authorized disposal of a house and property at Regional Park at 2201 Decatur Pike, Lot 1, with a minimum-bid condition. The reviewed decisions do not explicitly establish that this was the same house later considered for recreation offices, so it is not included as a project event.
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