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An ordinance authorizing Nashville Downtown Partnership to construct, install, and maintain an underground encroachment at Korean Veterans Boulevard at 1st Avenue North. (Proposal No. 2025M-015EN-001).
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WHEREAS, Nashville Downtown Partnership plans to construct, install and maintain irrigation piping, encroaching into the public right-of-way along the south side of Korean Veterans Boulevard from the southwest corner of Guthrie and Korean Veterans Boulevard, extending west less than 150 feet; and,
WHEREAS, as set forth in the License Agreement for Private Encroachments Into the Public Right of Way, attached hereto as “Exhibit A”, and incorporated by reference herein, Nashville Downtown Partnership, has agreed to indemnify and hold the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County harmless of any and all claims for damages of every nature and kind resulting from or arising from the installation of said underground encroachment; and,
WHEREAS, Metropolitan Code of Laws § 13.08.030 allows the Council of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County to, by ordinance, grant encroachments, permits or privileges to construct, install, operate and/or maintain an encroachment in, on, over, or under any street, road, alley, sidewalk, or other public way.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:
Section 1. That subject to the requirements, limitations and conditions contained herein, Nashville Downtown Partnership is hereby granted the privilege to construct and maintain an underground encroachment as described in Proposal No. 2025M-015EN-001, in accordance with the plans on file in the office of the Director of the Nashville Department of Transportation and Multimodal Infrastructure (“NDOT”), and attached hereto as Exhibit B.
Section 2. That the authority granted hereby for the construction, installation, operation, and maintenance of said underground encroachment under Proposal No. 2025M-015EN-001, shall not be construed as a surrender by the Metropolitan Government of its rights or power to pass resolutions or ordinances regulating the use of its streets, or the right of the Metropolitan Government through its legislative body, in the interest of public necessity and convenience to order the relocation of said facilities at the expense of Nashville Downtown Partnership.
Section 3. That construction and maintenance of said underground encroachment under Proposal No 2025M-015EN-001 shall be under the direction, supervision, and control of the Director of NDOT, and its installation, when completed, must be approved by said Director.
Section 4. That this Ordinance confers upon Nashville Downtown Partnership a privilege and not a franchise, and the Mayor and the Metropolitan Council herein expressly reserve the right to repeal this Ordinance, whenever, in their judgment, a repeal may be demanded by public welfare, and such repeal shall confer no liability on the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, its successors and assigns, by reason of said repeal. In the event of such repeal by said Metropolitan Government, Nashville Downtown Partnership, its successors and assigns, shall remove said underground encroachment at their own expense.
Section 5. Nashville Downtown Partnership shall pay all costs incident to the construction, installation, operation and maintenance of said underground encroachment under Proposal No. 2025M-015EN-001, and shall save and hold the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County harmless from all suits, costs, claims, damages or judgments in any way connected with said construction, installation, operation and maintenance of said underground encroachment and shall not claim, set up or plead, as a defense, in the event of joint liability, with or without suit, that it and the Metropolitan Government were joint wrongdoers. Nashville Downtown Partnership shall be responsible for the expense, if any, of repairing and returning the right-of-way to the condition which it was in prior to the installation of said underground encroachment, and for any street closure.
Section 6. That the authority granted to Nashville Downtown Partnership, as herein described, shall not in any way interfere with the rights of the Metropolitan Government, its agents, servants, and/or contractors and utility companies, operating under franchise from the Metropolitan Government to enter, construct, operate, maintain, repair, rebuild, enlarge, and patrol its now existing or future utilities, including drainage facilities, together with their appurtenances, and to do any and all things necessary and incidental thereto.
Section 7. Nashville Downtown Partnership shall and is hereby required to furnish the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County a certificate of public liability insurance, naming the Metropolitan Government as an insured party, of at least $4,000,000 dollars aggregate, for the payment of any judgment had on any claim, of whatever nature, made for actions or causes of action arising out of, or connected with, the construction or installation of said underground encroachment. Said certificate of insurance shall be filed with the Metropolitan Clerk and NDOT prior to the granting of a permit, and the insurance required herein shall not be canceled without the insurance company or companies first giving thirty (30) days written notice to the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County.
Section 8. That said construction shall be carefully guarded and protected, and shall be completed promptly, so as to cause the least inconvenience to the public. The acceptance by Nashville Downtown Partnership of all provisions of this Ordinance shall be determined by the beginning of work.
Section 9. The authority granted pursuant to this Ordinance shall not become effective until the certificate of insurance, as required in Section 7, has been posted with the Metropolitan Clerk and NDOT.
Section 10. This Ordinance shall take effect from and after its adoption, the welfare of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County requiring it.