Committee approves library and parks grants and a greenway easement on consent

The Arts, Parks, Libraries & Entertainment Committee of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County approved a consent package Nov. 4, 2025, that included multiple grant appropriations for the Nashville Public Library and a parks greenway conservation easement.

On the consent agenda the committee approved the following (as read into the record):

- RS2025-1603: Appropriating $30,000 through a grant contract between the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Nashville Public Library, and Oasis Center Inc., to provide youth services that help young people grow and create positive change.

- RS2025-1604: Appropriating $250,000 through a grant contract between the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Nashville Public Library, and Oasis Center Inc., to provide college-access services for the Power Youth Program.

- RS2025-1605: Appropriating $120,000 through a grant contract between the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Nashville Public Library, and (as read) the branch of Nashville Inc., to provide English as a second language classes (detailed implementer not fully specified in the caption).

- RS2025-1606: Appropriating $240,000 through a grant contract between the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Nashville Public Library, and the National International Center for Empowerment to provide English as a second language classes (amount was read as $240,000 in the record; transcript contained a second numeric fragment that was unclear).

- RS2025-1607: Approving a grant application from the Tennessee Department of Disability and Aging to the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Nashville Public Library, for the purchase and installation of a powered adult-sized changing table in the single-occupancy restroom at the Green Hills Branch Library (amount not specified in the caption).

- RS2025-1608: Accepting a Child and Adult Care Food Program grant from the Tennessee Department of Human Services to the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through Metro Parks and Recreation Department, to provide nutritious meals and snacks for children attending after-school programs at 17 community centers (amount not specified in the caption).

Also on the consent agenda was BL2025-1107, an ordinance approving a greenway conservation easement between the Metropolitan Government through the Board of Parks and Recreation and Beazer Homes LLC for greenway improvements at 0 Kemp Drive (details and parcel references were read into the record).

The committee moved and seconded the consent agenda; the motion carried 7 in favor, 0 against, 0 non-voting. Committee members did not debate these items individually in the transcript and no individual detailed roll-call votes were recorded in the provided excerpt.