RESOLUTION NO. RS2008-168

A resolution approving a Safe Routes for Schools application for a grant from The Tennessee Department of Transportation to The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, for Tom Joy Elementary School.

WHEREAS, The Tennessee Department of Transportation is accepting grant applications for safe routes for schools, with an award of $234,552.89, and no match required; and,

WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Government is eligible to participate in this grant program; and,

WHEREAS, it is to benefit the citizens of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County that this grant application be approved and submitted.

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

Section 1. That the Metropolitan Government’s application for a Safe Routes to Schools grant from the Tennessee Department of Transportation for Tom Joy Elementary School, with an award of $234,552.89, a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein, is hereby approved, and The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, acting in a cooperative effort with the Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools and the Metropolitan Public Works Department is authorized to submit said application to The Tennessee Department of Transportation.

Section 2. That 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: Erik Cole, Karen Bennett, Mike Jameson

Attachment(s) on file in the Metropolitan Clerk's Office

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
Referred:	Budget & Finance Committee Education Committee
Introduced:	February 19, 2008
Adopted:	February 19, 2008
Approved:	February 25, 2008
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