ADOPTED 10/06/1998

RESOLUTION NO. R98-1276

A resolution appropriating $310,000 in Community Development Block Grant funds for improvements to McFerrin Park and for renovations to a building at 610 North Third Street for use as a Social Services office in the McFerrin Park Neighborhood Strategy Area.

WHEREAS, applications for the twenty-first, twenty-second, twenty-third and twenty-fourth years of the Community Development Block Grant program were approved by the Metropolitan Council through Ordinance Nos. O94-1257, 095-77, 096-541 and 097-995; and

WHEREAS, the applications for the twenty-first, twenty-second, twenty-third and twenty-fourth years included funds allocated to the McFerrin Park Neighborhood Strategy Area; and

WHEREAS, a portion of these funds in the amount of $260,000 has been recommended by the Citizen Advisory Committee to be used for improvements to McFerrin Park; and

WHEREAS, a portion of these funds in the amount of $50,000 has been recommended by the Citizen Advisory Committee to be used to renovate a building at 610 North Third Street for use as a Social Services office.

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

SECTION 1. That $260,000 in Community Development Block Grant funds allocated to the McFerrin Park Neighborhood Strategy Area be appropriated for improvements to McFerrin Park.

SECTION 2. That $50,000 in Community Development Block Grant funds allocated to the McFerrin Park Neighborhood Strategy Area be appropriated to renovate a building at 610 North Third Street for use as a Social Services office.

SECTION 3. That this resolution shall take effect from and after its enactment, the welfare of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County requiring it.

 Sponsored By: Frank Harrison

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY

Referred to: Federal Grants Review Committee
Introduced: October 6, 1998
Adopted: October 6, 1998
Approved: October 8, 1998
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