RESOLUTION NO. RS2008-239

A resolution approving a grant from Meharry Medical College to The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, acting by and through the Metropolitan Board of Health, to create and sustain the Nashville Youth Violence Prevention Urban Partnership and Academic Center of Excellence (NUPACE) injury surveillance system.

WHEREAS, Meharry Medical College has been awarded a grant in an amount not to exceed $150,000.00 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to create and sustain the Nashville Youth Violence Prevention Urban Partnership and Academic Center of Excellence (NUPACE) injury surveillance system; and,

WHEREAS, the Meharry Medical College grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention contains a provision allowing Meharry Medical College to make a subaward to The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, acting by and through the Metropolitan Board of Health, to allow Metropolitan Health Department statisticians to assist Meharry Medical College in the development of this system by developing a prototype database of injury data from Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools, the Metropolitan Police Department, and the Tennessee Department of Health; and,

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

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

Section 1: That the subaward by and between Meharry Medical College, in an amount not to exceed $150,000.00 to The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, acting by and through the Metropolitan Board of Health, to create and sustain the Nashville Youth Violence Prevention Urban Partnership and Academic Center of Excellence (NUPACE) injury surveillance system as attached hereto and incorporated herein, is hereby approved, and the Metropolitan Mayor is authorized to execute the same.

Section 2: That the amount of this grant is to be appropriated to the Department of Health based on the revenues estimated to be received and any match to be applied.

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: Erik Cole, Vivian Wilhoite

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

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
Referred:	Budget & Finance Committee Health, Hospitals and Social Services Committee
Introduced:	April 15, 2008
Adopted:	April 15, 2008
Approved:	April 29, 2008
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