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An ordinance amending Section 2.24.230 of the Metropolitan Code of Laws regarding the community meeting requirements for leasing certain Metropolitan Government-owned properties.
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:
Section 1. That Section 2.24.230 of the Metropolitan Code of Laws is hereby amended by deleting it in its entirety and replacing it with the following:
2.24.230 - Leasing or subleasing conditions.
A. No legislation approving the lease of metropolitan government-owned property, where the appraised land value is greater than one million dollars, to a private entity for a lease term of more than five years, including permitted extensions, shall be considered on first reading by the metropolitan council unless and until a publicly noticed community meeting has been held. The director of public property administration may adjust the one million dollars threshold annually based upon the percentage increase, if any, by which the consumer price index for the most recent calendar year ending before the beginning of such year exceeds the consumer price index for all urban consumers published by the United States Department of Labor for the previous calendar year.
1. Notice of the community meeting shall be posted on the metropolitan government website, and the proposed lessee shall be responsible for distributing the notice of the community meeting as follows:
i. Notice by mail or e-mail. At least fourteen days prior to the community meeting, the proposed lessee(s) of the subject property shall send written notice to all property owners within one thousand feet and to identified neighborhood associations and community organizations located within a one-mile radius of the subject property or who routinely use the property. Neighborhood associations and community organizations shall include any groups registered with the mayor's office or identified by the district council member or the metro...
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