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Council committee approves amended preliminary engineering agreement for Eastern Avenue bridge replacement
Summary
The Planning & Zoning Committee approved an amended preliminary engineering agreement with CSX Transportation to facilitate replacement of the bridge on Eastern Avenue; the amendment was described as housekeeping language and the bill as amended was approved unanimously.
The Metro Council Planning & Zoning Committee approved a preliminary engineering agreement with CSX Transportation Inc. to facilitate replacement of an existing bridge on Eastern Avenue, voting to adopt a housekeeping amendment and then approving the bill as amended.
The resolution, RS 20 25 10 67, was introduced by Council members Cap and Porterfield and sponsored on the floor by Council Member Capp, who moved a filed amendment that she described as legal housekeeping language intended to protect the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County. “This is a housekeeping amendment. It just kind of puts legal language in there to protect Metro from our counterparty here and it doesn’t make any other substantive change to the agreement,” Council Member Capp said before moving approval of the amendment.
According to the committee record, the amendment was moved and properly seconded; the committee then approved the amendment and the bill as amended without further discussion. The chair called the question on both the amendment and the bill as amended and the motions carried.
The committee did not discuss substantive changes to the scope, cost, or schedule of the bridge replacement during the hearing; the amendment was characterized on the record as limited to contract language to protect Metro.
Votes at the meeting were recorded by voice; the chair announced the motions carried. Seven council members were listed as present at the start of the meeting, and the chair announced the motions carried with no recorded opposition or abstentions.
The council did not state on the record any changes to the underlying engineering scope or identify a follow-up report or next-step timeline during this item.
