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A resolution approving a Memorandum of Understanding between The Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency and the Department of Water and Sewerage Services of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, for sewer/storm separation on the 2nd Street Separation Project.
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WHEREAS, on December 25, 2020, a bomb exploded on Second Avenue causing significant damage to buildings and infrastructure over a broad area in downtown; and
WHEREAS, the most damaged areas include First and Second Avenues from Broadway to Union ("the Project Area"); and
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Government immediately took steps to secure buildings and property in the Project Area; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor's office, Planning, the Metropolitan Development and Housing Authority ("MDHA"), Metro Historical Commission, Nashville Department of Transportation ("NDOT"), Metro Water and Sewerage Services of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County ("MWS"), and the citizens of Nashville collaborated to plan for the recovery of the Project Area; and
WHEREAS, MDHA engaged with the Urban Land Institute to create a strategy to rebuild the Project Area; and
WHEREAS, Planning has completed the preliminary and desires to advance the Project plans to implementation; and
WHEREAS, resulting construction plans include rebuilding the streetscapes including the sewer infrastructure; and
WHEREAS, MDHA has contracted with Reeves Construction to develop the streetscape; and
WHEREAS, the construction plans call for sewer and stormwater separation in the combined system along Second Avenue from Union to Broadway; and
WHEREAS, separation of the combined system meets goals of the Consent Decree Agreement between MWS, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Justice, and the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, by reducing sewer overflows volumes in the combined system. Beyond the regulatory benefits, separation will also aide in the removal of ...
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