File #: RS2024-412   
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 4/25/2024 In control: Metropolitan Council
On agenda: 5/7/2024 Final action: 5/7/2024
Title: A resolution appropriating a total of $436,400 from the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, acting by and through the Office of Homeless Services, to Safe Haven Family Shelter for the provision of hotel rooms across the Nashville area for emergency alternative shelter for families with minor children.
Sponsors: Delishia Porterfield, Erin Evans, Ginny Welsch, Tasha Ellis, Burkley Allen, Zulfat Suara, Joy Styles, Jordan Huffman, Sandy Ewing, Jacob Kupin, Brandon Taylor, Jason Spain, Quin Evans-Segall, Kyonzte Toombs, Brenda Gadd, Terry Vo
Attachments: 1. Grant Contract Exhibit
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A resolution appropriating a total of $436,400 from the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, acting by and through the Office of Homeless Services, to Safe Haven Family Shelter for the provision of hotel rooms across the Nashville area for emergency alternative shelter for families with minor children.
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WHEREAS, Section 7-3-314 of the Tennessee Code Annotated states that metropolitan forms of government may provide financial assistance to nonprofit organizations in accordance with the guidelines of the Metropolitan Government; and,
WHEREAS, Section 5.04.070 of the Metropolitan Code of Laws provides that the Council may, by Resolution, appropriate funds for the financial aid of nonprofit organizations; and,
WHEREAS, Safe Haven Family Shelter has utilized hotels in the Nashville community since 2020 as an alternative shelter space for families experiencing homelessness; and,
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, acting by and through the Office of Homeless Services, wishes to appropriate funding and contract with Safe Haven Family Shelter for the provision of hotel rooms across the Nashville area for emergency alternative shelter for families with minor children; and,
WHEREAS, it is to the benefit of the citizens of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County that these funds be appropriated to these nonprofit organizations.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated Four Hundred Thirty-Six Thousand Four Hundred Dollars ($436,400) from the Office of Homeless Services to Safe Haven Family Shelter for the provision of hotel rooms across the Nashville area for emergency alternative shelter for families with minor children.
Section 2. The Metropolitan Government is hereby authorized to enter into a grant contract, attached hereto and incorporated herein, for the amount provide...

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