File #: RS2024-660    Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 8/8/2024 In control: Metropolitan Council
On agenda: 8/20/2024 Final action: 8/20/2024
Title: A resolution approving an application for a National Park Service's American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Battlefield Land Acquisition Grant to the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Metropolitan Board of Parks and Recreation, to partially fund the acquisition of a 2.36 acre Green Tract at the Nashville Battlefield to preserve the property as a significant contribution to both the Nashville Battlefield and nearby Fort Negley.
Sponsors: Terry Vo, Delishia Porterfield, Joy Styles, Russ Bradford, Ginny Welsch, Quin Evans-Segall, Zulfat Suara, Jacob Kupin, Brenda Gadd
Attachments: 1. Grant Application Exhibit
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A resolution approving an application for a National Park Service's American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Battlefield Land Acquisition Grant to the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Metropolitan Board of Parks and Recreation, to partially fund the acquisition of a 2.36 acre Green Tract at the Nashville Battlefield to preserve the property as a significant contribution to both the Nashville Battlefield and nearby Fort Negley.
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WHEREAS, the National Park Service's American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Battlefield Land Acquisition is accepting applications for a grant, with an award of $4,128,439.50 and a cash match of $3,000,000, to partially fund the acquisition of a 2.36 acre Green Tract at the Nashville Battlefield to preserve the property as a significant contribution to both the Nashville Battlefield and nearby Fort Negley; and,

WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Government is eligible to participate in this grant program; and,

WHEREAS, it is to the benefit of the citizens of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County that this grant application be approved and submitted.

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:

Section 1. That the application for a grant by and between the National Park Service's ABPP Battlefield Land Acquisition program and the Metropolitan Government to partially fund the acquisition of a 2.36 acre Green Tract at the Nashville Battlefield to preserve the property as a significant contribution to both the Nashville Battlefield and nearby Fort Negley, a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein, is hereby approved, and the Metropolitan Board of Parks and Recreation is authorized to submit said application to the National Park Service.

Section 2. That this resolution shall take effect from and after its adoption, the welfare of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County requi...

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