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A resolution approving amendment one to a Safe Streets for All grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Nashville Department of Transportation and Multimodal Infrastructure (NDOT), to address safety issues along Nolensville Pike related to substandard and/or missing walking, bicycling, and transit facilities, the need for pedestrian-scale lighting, and lack of crossing locations present throughout the project area.
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WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the NDOT, previously entered into a grant agreement with the U.S. Department of Transportation, to address safety issues along Nolensville Pike related to substandard and/or missing walking, bicycling, and transit facilities, the need for pedestrian-scale lighting, and lack of crossing locations present throughout the project area approved by RS2025-1610; and,
WHEREAS, the parties wish to amend that grant agreement to update language in Article 6 Special Grant Terms - 6.8.3 to reflect the California v. Duffy order declaring the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) grant agreement regarding immigration enforcement unlawful and ordering it vacated from all grant agreements administered by the DOT and 1.1a General Terms and Conditions to change the date to November 4, 2025, a copy of which amendment one is attached hereto; and,
WHEREAS, it is to the benefit of the citizens of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County that amendment one be approved.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:
Section 1. That amendment one to the grant by and between the U. S. Department of Transportation and the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through NDOT, to address safety issues along Nolensville Pike related to substandard and/or missing walking, bicycling, and transit facilities, the need for pedestrian-scale lighting, and lack of crossing locations present throughout the project area, a copy of which amendment one is attached hereto and incorporated herein, is hereby approved, and the Metropolitan Mayor is authorized to execute the same.
Section 2. That this resolution shall take effect from and after its adoption, the welfare of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County requiring it.
Agenda Analysis
Analysis
This resolution approves the first amendment to a Safe Streets for All grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation (“USDOT”) to the Nashville Department of Transportation and Multimodal Infrastructure (“NDOT”), as previously approved by Resolution No. RS2025-1610. The grant addresses safety issues along Nolensville Pike related to substandard or missing walking, bicycling, and transit facilities, the need for pedestrian-scale lighting, and lack of crossing locations.
The proposed amendment updates the Special Grant Terms to reflect a court order in California v. Duffy, which declared the USDOT grant agreement language regarding immigration enforcement unlawful. The court ordered the language vacated from all grant agreements administered by the USDOT. The proposed amendment also updates a date referenced in the general terms and conditions.