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A resolution approving an agreement between the United States Department of the Army and the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County for Phase 8 of the Flood Preparedness Study in Davidson County, Tennessee.
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WHEREAS, The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County ("Metro") seeks to lessen the negative impacts of flooding in Davidson County, Tennessee; and,
WHEREAS, the United States Department of the Army is actively involved in the Metropolitan Government's Flood Preparedness Study; and,
WHEREAS, the United States Department of the Army and the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County have determined that Phase 8 of the Flood Preparedness Study is needed to continue the Flood Preparedness Study; and,
WHEREAS, Phase 8 of the Flood Preparedness Study will progress the flood preparedness efforts with development of models and storage analysis for the Cheatham Reservoir, development of 100-year flood model for eight miles of the Cumberland River including Metro Center Levee and the East and West Banks in downtown Nashville, and by updating the models for the Harpeth River tributary streams and quality control; and,
WHEREAS, the agreement provides that the United States Department of the Army and the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County will jointly fund the cost based on the scope of the Study; and,
WHEREAS, it is to the benefit of the citizens of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County that the agreement be approved.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:
Section 1. That the agreement between the United States Department of the Army and the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, reflecting Phase 8 of the Flood Preparedness Study, a copy of which agreement is attached hereto and incorporated herein, is approved and the Metropolitan Mayor is authorized to execute the same.
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