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 expansion of the Hume Fogg Magnet School, for the use and benefit of the Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools (Proposal No. 2004M-028U-09).

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, identified as Parcel 013.00 on Tax Map 093-06-3 (the “Property”) and shown on Exhibit A hereto, be acquired through negotiation or condemnation for the expansion of the Hume Fogg Magnet School; and

WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Board of Education approved the acquisition of the Property at its meeting on June 10, 2003.

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

SECTION 1. The Director of Public Property Administration, or his designee, is hereby authorized and directed to acquire by negotiation or condemnation the Property.

SECTION 2. The Director of Public Property Administration, or his designee, is hereby authorized to accept title to the Property, in the form of a warranty deed.

SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall take effect from and after its final passage, the welfare of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson requiring it.

Sponsored by: Ludye Wallace, Brenda Gilmore, Carolyn Baldwin Tucker, John Summers

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
Introduced:	May 18, 2004
Passed First Reading:	May 18, 2004
Referred to:	Planning Commission – Approved 8-0 (April 8, 2004) Budget & Finance Committee Education Committee Planning & Zoning Committee
Passed Second Reading:	June 1, 2004
Rescinded Action on Second Reading:	June 15, 2004
Passed Second Reading:	July 20, 2004
Passed Third Reading:	August 3, 2004
Approved:	August 12, 2004
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