The Planning & Zoning Committee on Sept. 2 approved a consent agenda authorizing a series of technical water, sanitary-sewer and encroachment actions across Nashville and Davidson County, voting 11-0 to adopt the items.

The consent package included resolutions to allow the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, acting by and through the Department of Water and Sewage Services, to enter preliminary engineering agreements, abandon existing public water and sanitary-sewer mains and manholes, and accept new public water and sanitary-sewer mains and easements at multiple properties. The agenda also included ordinances permitting underground and aboveground encroachments for development projects.

Committee members present included Council member Allen, Council member Bennett, Council member Capp, Council member Gadd, Council member Horton, Council member Parker, Council member Rutherford, Council member Sepulveda and Council member Beau. There were no signed public comments on the agenda. A motion to approve the consent agenda was made and seconded; the motion passed 11-0.

Key consent items listed on the agenda included: RS2025-1469, authorizing the Department of Water and Sewage Services to enter a preliminary engineering agreement with RJ Corman Railroad Company and the Nashville and Eastern Railroad to develop drainage improvements related to a sinkhole at 1201 Freightliner Drive; RS2025-1470, approving a participation agreement with Prophet Dixon Partners to provide sanitary-sewer service improvements for a proposed development and other properties in that area; and several resolutions authorizing abandonment of existing water or sewer mains and acceptance of new mains and manholes at addresses including 517 West Trinity Lane; 2103 Greenwood Avenue (identified as Greenwood Cocktail Bar); 3862 Dickerson Pike (Kemp Parking Lot); 5047 John Hager Road (Kinsley Park); properties at Joe Johnson Avenue (MLK High School); 3207 West End Circle (West End Circle Townhomes); multiple properties on West Division Street in Mount Juliet (Canebrake Phase 3B); 111-113 West Trinity Lane; 1231 Pawnee Trail (Riverwalk Reserve); and properties on Hunters Lane (Heritage Creek Phases 3 and 4).

The consent agenda also included ordinances authorizing the Nashville Department of Transportation and Multimodal Infrastructure to construct, install and maintain underground and aboveground encroachments along Second Avenue North between Commerce Street and Church Street, and an ordinance authorizing an underground encroachment at 30 Peabody Street for PR2SH Peabody Union Apartments Owner LLC.

Committee members did not request removal of any items from the consent agenda during the meeting and there was no substantive debate recorded on the individual items. With no public commenters signed up, the committee moved directly to a unanimous voice vote to approve the consent agenda.

The committee adjourned after the vote.