Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County, TN - File #: BL2023-1992

• File #: BL2023-1992
• Type: Bill (Ordinance)
• Status: Withdrawn
• File created: 6/9/2023
• In control: Planning and Zoning Committee
• On agenda: 8/15/2023
• Final action: 8/15/2023
• Title: An ordinance amending Section 2.24.230 of the Metropolitan Code pertaining to community meetings
• Sponsors: Zach Young, Burkley Allen

Date	Action By	Action
8/15/2023	Metropolitan Council	withdrawn
8/1/2023	Metropolitan Council	deferred indefinitely
7/18/2023	Metropolitan Council	deferred
7/6/2023	Metropolitan Council	deferred
6/20/2023	Metropolitan Council	referred
6/20/2023	Metropolitan Council	referred
6/20/2023	Metropolitan Council	passed on first reading
6/13/2023	Metropolitan Council	filed

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An ordinance amending Section 2.24.230 of the Metropolitan Code pertaining to community meetings
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WHEREAS, Section 2.24.230/A of the Metropolitan Code provides that no lease of Metropolitan Government-owned property with an appraised value in excess of $1,000,000 to a private entity shall be considered by the Metropolitan Council unless a publicly-noticed community meeting has been held; and
WHEREAS, Section 2.24.230.A of the Metropolitan Code further provides that the council member in whose district the property is located shall coordinate the scheduling of the community meeting; and
WHEREAS, Section 2.24.230.A of the Metropolitan Code does not provide a mechanism for scheduling the public hearing when the district councilmember is unwilling or unable to coordinate the community meeting on a date that permits three readings of an ordinance seeking approval of a lease to occur at regularly scheduled Council meetings prior to the expiration of a Council term or otherwise does not unreasonably delay the Council's consideration of the lease.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED BY THE METROPOLITAN COUNTY COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:
Section 1. Section 2.24.230 of the Metropolitan Code of Laws is hereby amended adding the following new subsection A.4. after subsection A.3:
"4. If a public hearing that includes public comment has been held by a metropolitan government department, board, agency, or commission and the district council member is unable or unwilling to coordinate the scheduling of the community meeting in accordance with subsection A.3. of this section on a date that will permit three readings of an ordinance seeking approval of a lease to occur at regularly scheduled Council meetings prior to the expiration of a Council term or that does not unreasonably delay the Council's consideration of the lease, the Metropolitan Council, with a 2/3 affirmative vote of those present and voting, may set a public heari...