ORDINANCE NO. BL99-62

An ordinance authorizing the acquisition of property by negotiation or condemnation for use in a public project for The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County and specifically with relation to the construction of new enhancements to Head Middle School.

WHEREAS, Section 2.01 (5) of the Charter of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County grants to such government the power to "…purchase…or otherwise acquire…property…for any public purpose."; and

WHEREAS, Section 2.01 (6) of the Charter of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County authorizes the government "to establish, maintain and regulate…a system of free schools…"; and

WHEREAS, it is in the public interest that certain property be acquired through negotiation or condemnation for the purpose of acquiring land for the construction of new enhancements to Head Middle School.

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

SECTION 1. The Director of Public Property Administration, or his designee, is hereby authorized to acquire, by negotiation or condemnation, property for the purpose of constructing, maintaining and operating new enhancements to Head Middle School.

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 ten properties shown on Exhibit A and identified as Parcels 348 through 357 on Tax Map 92-7.

SECTION 3. 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: Edward Whitmore

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY

Introduced: November 2, 1999
Passed First Reading: November 2, 1999
Referred to: Planning Commission
Budget & Finance Committee
Education Committee
Planning & Zoning Committee
Passed Second Reading: November 16, 1999
Passed Third Reading: December 7, 1999
Approved: December 13, 1999
By: Mayor