File #: BL2024-427    Name:
Type: Bill (Ordinance) Status: Passed
File created: 6/7/2024 In control: Metropolitan Council
On agenda: 7/16/2024 Final action: 7/16/2024
Title: An ordinance adopting a transit improvement program for the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, approving a surcharge for the program, and requesting the Davidson County Election Commission to call a county-wide referendum election to be held on November 5, 2024, regarding the levying of the surcharge on certain taxes to fund the program.
Sponsors: Sean Parker, Delishia Porterfield, Jennifer Gamble, Zulfat Suara, Quin Evans-Segall, Burkley Allen, Olivia Hill, Kyonzte Toombs, Mike Cortese, Clay Capp, Emily Benedict, Deonte Harrell, Tonya Hancock, Jennifer Webb, Erin Evans, Jordan Huffman, Jeff Gregg, Ginny Welsch, Terry Vo, Tom Cash, Jacob Kupin, Rollin Horton, Sheri Weiner, Brenda Gadd, Jeff Preptit, Bob Nash, Tasha Ellis, John Rutherford, Antoinette Lee, Sandy Ewing, Jason Spain, Thom Druffel
Attachments: 1. Transit Improvement Program Exhibit
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An ordinance adopting a transit improvement program for the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, approving a surcharge for the program, and requesting the Davidson County Election Commission to call a county-wide referendum election to be held on November 5, 2024, regarding the levying of the surcharge on certain taxes to fund the program.
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WHEREAS, Nashville workers currently have the worst commute in the nation according to one analysis, and a recent survey by Vanderbilt University found nearly half of all commuters spend between 30 and 90 minutes in traffic each day; and,
WHEREAS, 90 percent of people surveyed during Imagine Nashville agree that investing in city-wide public transportation is an important priority, and 84 percent of people surveyed by Vanderbilt University support a citywide public transportation referendum in November; and,
WHEREAS, Tenn. Code Ann. ? 67-4-3202 provides that a local government is authorized to levy a surcharge for the costs associated with the planning, engineering, development, construction, implementation, administration, management, operation, and maintenance of public transportation system projects that are part of a transit improvement program ("Program"); and,
WHEREAS, Tenn. Code Ann. ? 67-4-3206 provides that before such surcharge may be imposed, a Program must be approved by a majority vote of the local legislative body through a resolution or ordinance; and,
WHEREAS, Metropolitan Code ? 2.04.060 provides that a Program adopted pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann. ? 67-4-3201, et seq. must be passed by an ordinance approved by the metropolitan council on third and final reading by a majority vote of all the members to which the council is entitled; and
WHEREAS, consistent with the requirements of Tenn. Code Ann. ? 67-4-3206, the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County ("Metropolitan Government") has developed a Program, known as "Choose How You Move: An All-Access Pass to Side...

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