A resolution repealing Resolution No. RS2005-1084, and appropriating $50,000 from the Contingency Account of the General Fund of the General Services District to Nashville Area Habitat for Humanity, Inc. to provide partial funding for its program services.

WHEREAS, on December 30, 2005, the Metropolitan Council adopted Resolution No. RS2005-1084 appropriating fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) from the Contingency Account of the General Fund of the General Services District to a reserve account for the Metropolitan Historical Preservation Trust Fund ("Trust Fund"); and

WHEREAS, Resolution No. RS2005-1084 provided that once the Trust Fund was established and fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) is private contributions was raised, the Council could reappropriate the funds from the reserve account to further the purposes of the Trust Fund; and

WHEREAS, the Trust Fund was unable to raise the required fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) match through private contributions and, therefore, fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) remains in the reserve account; and

WHEREAS, Nashville Area Habitat for Humanity, Inc. is a nonprofit, ecumenical organization that utilizes volunteer labor and donations of money and materials to provide affordable housing for low-income families in the Nashville area; and

WHEREAS, T.C.A. § 7-3-314 enables the Metropolitan Government to appropriate funds for the financial aid of a nonprofit organization which is exempt from taxation pursuant to § 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended (sic), provided that such funds appropriated shall be used to promote the general welfare of the residents of Metropolitan Government; and

WHEREAS, Nashville Area Habitat for Humanity, Inc. is a tax exempt organization under the provisions of § 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended; and

WHEREAS, the funds appropriated herein shall be used to promote the general welfare of the residents of Metropolitan Government; and

WHEREAS, Nashville Area Habitat for Humanity, Inc. has filed with the Metropolitan Clerk (1) evidence of its tax exempt status under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, (2) a statement of the proposed use of the funds and the program that serves the residents of Metropolitan Government, and (3) a copy of its annual audit for its last fiscal year.

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

Section 1. That Resolution No. RS2005-1084 is hereby repealed in its entirety, and the Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000) appropriated therein to a reserve Account for a Metropolitan Historical Preservation trust Fund shall revert to the Contingency Account of the General Fund of the General Services District.

Section 2. There is hereby appropriated Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000) from the Contingency Account of the General Fund of the General Services District to fund a grant to Nashville Area Habitat for Humanity, Inc. for the purpose of providing a portion of the funding for its program services.

Section 3. The Metropolitan Government is hereby authorized to enter into a contract with Nashville Area Habitat for Humanity, Inc. for the amount provided herein for the purposes stated, and the Metropolitan Mayor is hereby authorized to execute said contract. Such contract shall specify the terms and conditions under which the grant funds are to be spent and shall contain a requirement that the grantee shall file with the Director of Finance and with the Metropolitan Clerk a copy of an annual report of its business affairs and transactions and documents relating to the actual expenditures of the funds provided herein.

Section 4. 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: Charlie Tygard, Greg Adkins