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A resolution approving an application for a Brownfields Community-Wide Assessment grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Metropolitan Nashville Planning Department, to evaluate the presence of environmental contaminants within properties along the East Bank having a history of industrial use (Proposal No. 2022M-055AG-001).
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WHEREAS, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is accepting applications for Brownfields Community-Wide Assessment grant with an award of $500,000.00 with no cash match required; and,
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County 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 Metropolitan Government’s application for a Brownfields Community-Wide Assessment grant with an award of $500,000.00, a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein, is hereby approved, and the Metropolitan Nashville Planning Department is authorized to submit said application to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Section 2. That this resolution shall take effect from and after its adoption, the welfare of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County requiring it.
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This resolution approves an application for a Brownfields Community-Wide Assessment grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to the Metropolitan Nashville Planning Department to evaluate the presence of environmental contaminants within properties along the East Bank having a history of industrial use. If the grant application is awarded, the grant would be $500,000 with no local cash match required.