RESOLUTION NO. RS99-4

A resolution requesting that the State Department of Corrections and the Davidson County Delegation to the Tennessee General Assembly construct no additional correctional facilities in the area of the Metropolitan Government.

WHEREAS, the area of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County presently is the site of several state correctional facilities, as well as numerous jail facilities operated by the Metropolitan Government; and

WHEREAS, the citizens of the Metropolitan Government have shared more than their fair burden as a community having a large prison population present; and

WHEREAS, employment opportunities for such facilities are much greater in other counties within the state; and

WHEREAS, it is fitting and proper that no further correctional facilities by constructed in the area of the Metropolitan Government.

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

SECTION 1. That the Metropolitan County Council hereby goes on record as requesting that the State Department of Corrections and the Davidson County Delegation to the Tennessee General Assembly construct no additional correctional facilities within the area of the Metropolitan Government.

SECTION 2. The Metropolitan Clerk is directed to send a certified copy of this Resolution to Governor Don Sundquist, the members of the Davidson County Delegation to the Tennessee General Assembly, and the Commissioner of the Department of Corrections.

SECTION 3. This Resolution shall take effect from and after its adoption, the welfare of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County requiring it.

Sponsored by: Norma Hand, Brenda Gilmore, Edward Whitmore, Janis Sontany

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
Referred to:	Public Safety Committee
Introduced:	October 5, 1999
Adopted:	October 5, 1999
Approved:	October 11, 1999
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