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A resolution appropriating $2.5 million dollars in American Rescue Plan Act funds from Fund #30216 to Fifty Forward to build the Bordeaux Connection Center, a shared community space in Bordeaux with primary tenants Fifty Forward and Creative Girls Rock.
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WHEREAS, on June 15, 2021, the Metropolitan Council passed Resolution RS2021-966, a resolution which accepted grant funds for local government support from the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds established by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 ("ARP Funds") from the U.S. Department of the Treasury to The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, which was subsequently signed into law by Mayor John Cooper on June 16, 2021; and,
WHEREAS, Resolution RS2021-966 established a COVID-19 Financial Oversight Committee ("the Committee") whose role is to collect, consider, and recommend appropriate uses of the ARP Funds as designated by the Metropolitan Council disbursement plan. The Committee will submit its reports and recommendations to the Mayor, the Director of Finance, and the Metropolitan Council not later than June 30, 2025; and,
WHEREAS, there are federal requirements for use of ARP Funds that require that these funds be expended or obligated on or before December 31, 2024; and,
WHEREAS, the Committee recognizes the need of the proposed program services and the importance of having a community center in Bordeaux; and,
WHEREAS, the Bordeaux Connection Center will focus on creating community, welcoming intergenerational programming, providing volunteer opportunities, and will seek to provide help and support for all those in the Bordeaux area; and,
WHEREAS, Fifty Forward and Creative Girls Rock both have relationships with several agencies and programs within the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County; and,
WHEREAS, those agencies have a desire to connect with the residents and families in Bordeaux and have been offered space within the Bordeaux C...
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