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A resolution authorizing the acquisition and removal of an additional 11 flood-prone properties and revising estimated property acquisition costs to the previously approved 45 flood-prone properties in the Sevenmile Creek watersheds. (MWS Project No. 19-SWC-214 and Proposal Number 2019M-014PR-002)
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WHEREAS, The Metropolitan Council previously enacted Resolution RS2020-626 which approved the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, acting by and through the Department of Water and Sewerage Services, to enter into amendment one to an agreement with the United States Department of the Army for the Sevenmile Creek Flood Risk Management Project in Davidson County, Tennessee; and,
WHEREAS, Resolution RS2020-626 specified the additional 11 flood-prone properties in the Sevenmile Creek watershed, would be identified in separate legislation; and,
WHEREAS, Resolution RS2020-626 revised the estimated property acquisition costs to the previously approved 45 flood-prone properties in the Sevenmile Creek watersheds; and,
WHEREAS, Resolution RS2020-626 provides that the United States Department of the Army and the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County will jointly fund the cost of the project; and,
WHEREAS, United States Department of the Army has identified and provided to the Department of Water and Sewerage Services the specific parcels to be acquired, a copy of which including details on the specific parcels, is attached hereto (Exhibits 1 and 2); and,
WHEREAS, the Department of Water and Sewerage Services has provided the budgeted property costs for each acquisition and will acquire properties in stages within the estimates approved by RS2020-626; and,
WHEREAS, The Metropolitan Planning Commission approved mandatory referral No. 2019M-014PR-002 on December 4, 2020, for acquisition of the property; and,
WHEREAS, it is to the benefit of the citizens of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County that that th...
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