Council highlights community meetings, parks survey and MDOT street-sweeping pilot

At the Metro Nashville and Davidson County Council meeting on July 15, Vice Chair Vaux and other members urged residents to attend a cluster of upcoming community engagement opportunities focused on land use, parks planning and street operations.

Vice Chair Vaux said a community meeting on a proposed SP with Madera Chestnut Hill will be held Wednesday, July 16, at 5 p.m. at Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church’s training and recreational center. Vaux also urged residents to participate in the Plan to Play parks survey through July 31, saying, “please, participate, in the plan to play survey. We need your input, and what you wanna see in parks in over the next 5 years.”

Vaux further announced a combined community safety meeting and MDOT street-sweeping pilot discussion on Wednesday, Aug. 6, at 5 p.m. She said representatives will be on-site to explain program changes and what the pilot will look like.

Separately, Council member at-large Delicia Porterfield introduced Angel Rodriguez Targa, who she identified as “the public affairs specialist with the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience,” and said he is available to discuss SBA disaster loan and recovery outreach to local municipalities and organizations.

The citywide Plan to Play survey and the community meetings are informational and engagement efforts; no council votes or formal policy decisions were made at the July 15 meeting. Residents were given times, locations and a survey deadline to participate directly.