ORDINANCE NO. BL2011-909

An ordinance authorizing the acquisition of property by negotiation, condemnation or acceptance for the purpose of acquiring easements for use in public projects of the Metropolitan Government, initially with relation to Project Number 08-WG-0097, Whites Creek Water Main, Map 04, Parcel 047, and Map 04, Parcel 181.00 (Proposal No. 2010M-014ES-001).

WHEREAS, it is in the public interest that easements be acquired to permit the construction or other use of water mains, sanitary sewers, reservoirs, stormwater and/or appurtenances within the area designated for the construction of Project No. 08-WG-0097, Whites Creek Water Main; and,

WHEREAS, Project No. 08-WG-0097, Whites Creek Water Main, has been funded under Capital Improvements Budget No. 09WS0017; and,

WHEREAS, The Metropolitan Planning Commission approved this acquisition on February 3, 2010, Proposal No. 2010M-014ES-001.

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 is hereby authorized to acquire by negotiation, condemnation or acceptance the following described easements for the purpose of construction or other use of water mains, sanitary sewers, reservoirs, and/or stormwater appurtenances, the initial such project being Project No. 08-WG-0097, Whites Creek Water Main, the same being for a public purpose and the public convenience requiring it.

Section 2. The easements to be acquired are shown on the plans for Project No. 08-WG-0097, Whites Creek Water Main, on record in the Office of the Director of the Department of Water and Sewerage Services, and incorporated herein, and a list of the property addresses and maps and parcel numbers is as follows:

Section 3. The Director of Public Property Administration is hereby authorized and directed, if necessary, to take and appropriate by condemnation proceedings the interests in real property described herein in the name of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County for the construction or other use of water mains, sanitary sewers, reservoirs, and/or stormwater appurtenances.

Section 4. All necessary and incidental costs of the easements herein authorized to be acquired shall be paid from funds authorized from the Water and Sewer Capitol Projects FY2010.

Section 5. Acquisition of additional or different easements on these or additional properties, for these same purposes, shall be approved by resolution.

Section 6. This ordinance shall take effect from and after its final passage, the welfare of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County requiring it.

Sponsored by: Walter Hunt, Jim Hodge, Megan Barry

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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
Introduced:	May 3, 2011
Passed First Reading:	May 3, 2011
Referred to:	Planning Commission - Approved Budget & Finance Committee Public Works Committee Planning & Zoning Committee
Passed Second Reading:	May 17, 2011
Passed Third Reading:	June 7, 2011
Approved:	June 8, 2011
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