An ordinance authorizing the acquisition of property by negotiation or condemnation (Proposal No. 2001M-025G-02) for the purpose of acquiring utility easements for use in public projects of the Metropolitan Government and specifically with relation to State of Tennessee highway widening Project Nos. 99-SG-170 and 99-WG-159, I-65 From Trinity Lane to Vietnam Veterans Boulevard, Water and Sewer.

WHEREAS, Section 2.01 of the Charter of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County grants to such government the power to provide for the creation, maintenance, building, purchase and operation of sewers, a sewage disposal system and water lines, and Chapters 4 and 5 of Article 8 of the Charter of the Metropolitan Government designate the departments of the Metropolitan Government whose function, duty and authority relates to sanitary sewers, storm sewers, water lines, appurtenances and the operation thereof; and,

WHEREAS, The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County is granted the power by Section 2.01 of the Metropolitan Charter to provide for the taking and appropriation of real property within the area of the Metropolitan Government for any public purpose when the public convenience requires it, and also to purchase real estate for any public purpose; and

WHEREAS, it is in the public interest that utility easements be acquired to permit the construction of sanitary sewers, storm sewers, water lines and/or appurtenances within the area designated for the construction of Project Nos. 99-SG-170 and 99-WG-159, I-65 from Trinity Lane to Vietnam Veterans Boulevard, Water and Sewer; and

WHEREAS, Project Nos. 99-SG-170 and 99-WG-159, I-65 from Trinity Lane to Vietnam Veterans Boulevard, Water and Sewer, has been funded under Capital Improvements Budget Nos. 96SG0005 and 96WG0005.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY.

SECTION 1. The Director of Public Property Administration or his designee is hereby authorized to acquire by negotiation or condemnation the following described easements in the land so described for the purpose of constructing, maintaining and operating sanitary sewers, storm sewers, water lines and/or appurtenances; the initial project to be constructed in the easements described hereinafter and designated as Project Nos. 99-SG-170 and 99-WG-159, I-65 from Trinity Lane to Vietnam Veterans Boulevard, Water and Sewer, the same being for a public purpose and the public convenience requiring it. The easements to be acquired is shown on the plans for Project Nos. 99-SG-170 and 99-WG-159, I-65 from Trinity Lane to Vietnam Veterans Boulevard, Water and Sewer, on record in the Office of the Director of the Department of Water and Sewerage Services, and said plans are made a part hereof as though copied herein. A list of easement numbers, addresses and map and parcel numbers is attached hereto and made a part hereof as if written verbatim herein.

SECTION 2. The Director of Public Property Administration or his designee is hereby authorized and directed, if necessary, to take and appropriate by condemnation proceedings the real estate described in Section 1 hereof in the name of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County for use as utility easements for the construction, operation and maintenance of sanitary sewers, storm sewers, water lines and/or appurtenances. All necessary and incidental costs of the easements herein authorized to be acquired shall be paid from funds authorized from the Water and Sewer Extension and Replacement Fund.

SECTION 3. The temporary construction easements described in Section 1 hereof represents the minimum temporary construction easements that are necessary for the construction of Project Nos. 99-SG-170 and 99-WG-159, I-65 from Trinity Lane to Vietnam Veterans Boulevard, Water and Sewer, and the Director of Public Property Administration, or his designee, is hereby authorized to acquire by negotiation or condemnation additional temporary construction easements as may be required for the construction of Project Nos. 99-SG-170 and 99-WG-159, I-65 from Trinity Lane to Vietnam Veterans Boulevard, Water and Sewer, or any future construction or maintenance operations for sanitary sewers, storm sewers, water lines and/or appurtenances, it being declared to be a public purpose and in the public interest that the said real estate be appropriated and used for the construction, operation and maintenance of sanitary sewers, storm sewers, water lines and/or appurtenances now and in the future, the public convenience requiring it.

SECTION 4. This ordinance shall take effect from and after its passage, the welfare of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County requiring it.

Sponsored By: Don Majors & Don Knoch

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
Introduced:	April 3, 2001
Passed First Reading:	April 3, 2001
Referred to:	Planning Commision - Approved 8-0 (3/1/01) Budget & Finance Committee Public Works Committee Planning & Zoning Committee
Passed Second Reading:	April 17, 2001
Passed Third Reading:	May 15, 2001
Approved:	May 16, 2001
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