File #: RS2024-181   
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 1/5/2024 In control: Metropolitan Council
On agenda: 1/16/2024 Final action: 1/23/2024
Title: A resolution accepting a Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) Grant, through an intergovernmental agreement, from the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) to the Metropolitan Government (Metro), acting by and through the Nashville Department of Transportation and Multimodal Infrastructure (NDOT), for the acceptance of work in connection with the construction of the James Avenue/63rd Avenue North Sidewalk Completion Project, Federal No. TAP-4905(10), State No. 19LPLM-F3-207; PIN 134352.00 (Proposal No. 2023M-047AG-001).
Sponsors: Rollin Horton, Delishia Porterfield, Jennifer Gamble, Sean Parker, Quin Evans-Segall, Terry Vo
Attachments: 1. Grant and Agreement Exhibits
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A resolution accepting a Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) Grant, through an intergovernmental agreement, from the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) to the Metropolitan Government (Metro), acting by and through the Nashville Department of Transportation and Multimodal Infrastructure (NDOT), for the acceptance of work in connection with the construction of the James Avenue/63rd Avenue North Sidewalk Completion Project, Federal No. TAP-4905(10), State No. 19LPLM-F3-207; PIN 134352.00 (Proposal No. 2023M-047AG-001).
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WHEREAS, RS2022-1843 approved an application for a TAP Grant for an award amount of $1,000,000, with a required cash match of $250,000, to fund sidewalk improvements along James Avenue/63rd Avenue North, from Morrow Road to Robertson Avenue (Sidewalk Completion Project); and,
WHEREAS, the Sidewalk Completion Project fills gaps in the sidewalk network and provides neighborhood connectivity to West Park, West Park Neighborhood Community Center, Charlotte Park, and across Briley Parkway; and,
WHEREAS, the intergovernmental agreement between TDOT and Metro (Agreement No. 230290), attached hereto, provides the TAP Grant award amount not to exceed $1,000,000 to Metro (acting by and through NDOT), with a required cash match of $250,000 from Metro, and an additional $200,000 from Metro, for engineering work, for a total Sidewalk Completion Project cost of $1,450,000; and,
WHEREAS, Tennessee Code Annotated Section 12-9-104(a)(2) authorizes Metro to enter into intergovernmental agreements with the State of Tennessee; and,
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County that this intergovernmental agreement approved.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:
Section 1. That the Transportation Alternative Program grant (TAP Grant) from the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT), in an amount not to exceed $1,...

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