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Votes at a glance: Planning & Zoning Committee approves consent agenda (Barnes Fund grants, utility acceptances, leases, easements)
Summary
The committee approved the consent agenda, which included a Barnes Fund grant authorization up to $10.8 million for affordable/workforce housing, utility abandonments/acceptances, a grant-contract amendment for affordable housing, leases and conservation easements, among other routine items.
The Planning & Zoning Committee approved its consent agenda by voice vote: 10 in favor, 0 against, 0 not voting. The consent package included resolutions and ordinances covering grants, utility acceptances, easements, leases, and grant-contract amendments. Key items on the consent agenda included:
- RS20251596: A resolution authorizing grants not exceeding $10,800,000 from the Barnes Fund for affordable housing to certain nonprofits for the express purpose of constructing and rehabilitating affordable/workplace housing (sponsors Toombs, Horton, Welsh, Gadd, and Ewing). - RS20251614: A resolution authorizing the Metropolitan Government to abandon and accept new public water main and fire-hydrant assemblies for property at 1718 Jefferson Street/1712 Jefferson Street Development (sponsors Horton and Evansiegel). - A late-filed resolution to approve a second amendment to a grant contract for constructing affordable housing approved by RS20221857 between the Metropolitan Government acting by and through the Metropolitan Housing Trust Fund Commission and Project Return, Inc. (sponsor Toombs). - BL20251102: Ordinance approving a lease agreement between the Metropolitan Government (through the Metropolitan Board of Public Education) and United Way of Middle Tennessee (doing business as United Way of Greater Nashville) (sponsors Taylor, Toombs, Horton, Welsh, Gadd, Hill, and Ellis). - BL20251107: Ordinance approving a Greenway conservation easement between the Metropolitan Government (through the Metropolitan Board of Parks and Recreation) and Beazer Homes LLC for Greenway improvements at 0 Camp Drive (multiple sponsors). - BL20251109 and BL20251110: Ordinances authorizing acceptance of public sanitary sewer mains and water-main relocations and related easements at 935 Barnes Road and 2415 Vanderbilt Place (Vanderbilt University Stevenson Center), respectively. - BL20251111: Ordinance authorizing abandonment and acceptance of water-main and hydrant assemblies for properties including 1 Titans Way and 100 Woodland Street (South Second Street Phase 2) (sponsors Cooper, Horton, and Evansiegel).
Outcome: Consent agenda approved; chair announced 10 in favor, 0 against, 0 not voting.
Notes: The items on the consent agenda were presented with sponsors and brief captions; the committee took a single voice vote to approve the package. Individual items removed from the consent agenda earlier in the meeting were considered separately.
Speakers quoted: None directly quoted for consent items in the transcript excerpt.
