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Committee approves consent agenda accepting multiple park grants and advancing two ordinances
Summary
The Arts, Parks, Libraries & Entertainment Committee on May 19 unanimously approved a consent agenda accepting six in‑kind grants to support community centers, field upgrades, playground accessibility and trail improvements, and advanced two ordinances involving a Centennial Park structure and a greenway connector license agreement.
The Arts, Parks, Libraries & Entertainment Committee met at 5:04 p.m. May 19 and unanimously approved a consent agenda that accepted six in‑kind grants to support parks projects and advanced two bills for further consideration.
The committee approved six resolutions (RS2026‑1970 through RS2026‑1975) accepting in‑kind grants to fund bus rentals for summer and retreat programs to visit Shelby Park and Bottoms; flooring repairs at the Stone House in front of Sunnyside Mansion and replacement of a baseball backstop at Sevier Park; supplies and installation of a wheel kit for newly installed soccer goals at Shavier Severe Park Community Center; field lighting upgrades at McCabe Park (donated by McCabe Park Little League); renovation work at the Warner Park Nature Center barn and shed; and improvements to greenway trailhead signage under an amendment to a Greenways for Nashville grant.
Committee members then considered two bills on second reading: BL2026‑1368, an ordinance authorizing transfer of a non‑permanent structure currently in Centennial Park to the Nashville Stream Preservation Society, and BL2026‑1369, a temporary license agreement related to construction of the Stones Upper Mills Greenway Connector Trail. Both bills were read into the record as part of the consent agenda and moved forward without separate debate.
A motion to approve the consent agenda was made and seconded; the committee recorded a vote of seven in favor, zero against, and zero not voting, carrying the consent agenda. The vote covered all eight listed items in a single consent action.
Members used the remainder of the brief session to announce community events and ongoing work. The committee noted that the main library will celebrate its 25th anniversary on Saturday, June 13, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Members also reported the greenways audit is more than halfway complete for May and thanked the Friends of McCabe for leading fundraising efforts to add an ADA‑accessible, all‑age playground at McCabe Park, which the parks department accepted and will implement.
The meeting was adjourned at 5:11 p.m.
Authorities referenced in committee materials included the listed resolutions RS2026‑1970, RS2026‑1971, RS2026‑1972, RS2026‑1973, RS2026‑1974, RS2026‑1975 and bills BL2026‑1368 and BL2026‑1369. Where the agenda text named project sites and partner groups, those names were read into the record during the consent roll call.
