Chattanooga Mayor Ron Littlefield, "People to get have their save, get to ask their questions, and get them answered."
Chattanooga Mayor Ron Littlefield says Tuesday's meeting with the Westside Community went well.
He says it was an opportunity for people to voice their concerns with Purpose Built Communities coming into the area.
Residents feel just the opposite.
They weren't allowed to speak at the initial city council meeting on the issue, but were told there would be a separate meeting where they could ask questions.
"This did not satisfy that occasion. Maybe this was not supposed to be a substitute for that meeting," says Westside Resident Adair Darland.
After a meeting with Mayor Ron Littlefield, Westside community residents showed up here to Chattanooga city council to voice their concern to their leaders. However, they were quick to find out that Council wasn't even notified of the meeting.
"I do wonder why it is, why an over site of this magnitude was made.Certainly, it's not a difficult decision to recognize inviting city council to meetings is certainly something that is for the good of everyone," says Councilman Andae McGary.
Ultimately, Council would be the ones to decide if Purpose Built Communities came to Chattanooga.
If passed, The Atlanta based company would tear down public housing and build mixed income communities.
Those in attendance feel officials can't answer the popular question: "where would residents go?"
(it was not, it was danced around a lot but it was not answered, that's my greatest concern.) [Duration:0:06]
Purpose Built says they are still in the exploration phase with the City of Chattanooga regarding development.
