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A resolution approving a project modification to an agreement between the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County and the United States Department of Army, to add two parcels related to the acquisition and removal of flood-prone properties in the Mill Creek, Sorghum Branch, and Whittemore Branch watersheds. (MWS Project No. 18-SWC-136 and Proposal Number 2018M-019PR-004)
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WHEREAS, Resolution RS2017-976 approved an agreement between the Metropolitan Department of Water and Sewerage Services ("Water") and the United States Department of Army ("Army") for Mill Creek Flood Risk Management Project in Davidson County, TN ('Agreement"); and,
WHEREAS, RS2018-1445 specified the 44 flood-prone properties in the Mill Creek, Sorghum Branch, and Whittemore Branch watersheds that would be acquired pursuant to the Agreement; and,
WHEREAS, RS2021-1226 approved the acquisition and removal of two replacement flood-prone properties; and,
WHEREAS, RS2022-1777 approved the acquisition and removal of four replacement flood-prone properties; and,
WHEREAS, Army has modified the project and provided a Memorandum for Record adding two properties to the previously approved properties, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibits 1 and 2, and which includes details on the specific parcels; and,
WHEREAS, the Department of Water and Sewerage Services has provided the budgeted property costs for the specific parcels to be added; and,
WHEREAS, The Metropolitan Planning Commission approved mandatory referral No. 2018M-19PR-004 on September 12, 2023, for the addition of two properties to the previously approved properties; and,
WHEREAS, it is to the benefit of the citizens of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County that that the Department of Water and Sewerage Services be authorized to acquire and demolish the specific properties included in the Memorandum for Record.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERN...
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