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# Metro Council Rundown (8/20/24)
- URL: https://pamphleteer.co/post/metro-council-rundown-8-20-24/
- Published: 2024-08-21T17:52:44.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-17T11:10:51.000Z
- Author: Megan Lee Podsiedlik
- Tags: Nashville, #hidden, #Import 2026-08-01 20:40

#### RESOLUTIONS

- [**Vision Zero**](https://nashville.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=6830349&GUID=BCABE4A3-914D-4E76-9332-F7E246705ADF&FullText=1&ref=pamphleteer.co): Passed, a $350,000 sole-source contract with the University of Tennessee–Chattanooga for Vision Zero Plan data analysis and project planning.
- [**Building Your Sidewalks**](https://nashville.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=6830364&GUID=11713BAB-5733-4A78-BF0F-B45540082846&Options=ID%7CText%7C&Search=RS2024-668&FullText=1&ref=pamphleteer.co):Passed, an NDOT agreement to pay up to $304,275 to reconstruct ADA-compliant sidewalks between the intersections of 2nd Avenue South & Korean Veterans Boulevard and 2nd Avenue South & Molloy Street. (The developer, C.B. Ragland, has agreed to pay the remainder.)
- [**Parking Downtown**](https://nashville.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=6830380&GUID=320B0C44-DAC8-42FC-95B9-F97E33B7CB71&FullText=1&ref=pamphleteer.co): Passed, a $250,000 purchase agreement to analyze off-street parking conditions downtown and provide signal analytics for the Nashville Department of Transportation and Infrastructure.
- [**Save The Children**](https://nashville.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=6830377&GUID=F5A50FAE-4522-4443-AE5F-ECE71E55C889&Options=ID%7CText%7C&Search=RS2024-648&FullText=1&ref=pamphleteer.co): Passed, a proposal to increase a grant from the Tennessee Office of Criminal Justice Programs by approximately $252,000 to fund four Spanish-speaking Victim Witness Coordinators to work with the Crimes Against Children unit.
- [**Voter Registration Machines**](https://nashville.legistar.com/gateway.aspx?m=l&id=/matter.aspx?key=17923&ref=pamphleteer.co): Passed, a $13,000 purchasing agreement for voter registration kiosks to be placed in [Nashville high schools](https://nashvillebanner.com/2024/08/20/metro-council-agenda-items/?ref=pamphleteer.co).
- [**Affordable Housing Tax Incentives**](https://nashville.legistar.com/gateway.aspx?m=l&id=/matter.aspx?key=17938&ref=pamphleteer.co): Passed, a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement with the developer of a multifamily housing project in East Nashville in exchange for 289 units for low-income families. Metro could waive up to $5M of the developer’s taxes over the next 10 years.
- [**Fortifying Fort Negley**](https://nashville.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=6830378&GUID=4CA45BDE-9644-474C-8609-9134EE5C92B5&FullText=1&ref=pamphleteer.co): Passed, an agreement of nearly $7 million for Metro to acquire 2.36 acres near Fort Negley for preservation purposes.

#### BILLS ON FIRST READING

- [**BL2024-496:**](https://nashville.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=6830400&GUID=7D34ECA3-26EB-4C77-BB41-790A2E5E68C9&ref=pamphleteer.co) Withdrawn for further analysis, a bill to create an Office of Youth Services.

#### BILLS ON SECOND READING

- [**BL2024-476**](https://nashville.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=6808153&GUID=A75CB0C4-EC67-42E1-BA42-0B5DB387BD6F&ref=pamphleteer.co): Deferred one meeting, a change to the Metropolitan Code of Laws regarding the membership of the Metropolitan Nashville Arts Commission and the process for approving the criteria for awarding funds.
- [**BL2024-477**](https://nashville.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=6808157&GUID=5C4F0524-7696-41E3-8AFD-0525A61FAEDF&FullText=1&ref=pamphleteer.co): Passed as substituted, a bill adding the option for the Board of Ethical Conduct to issue a warning as a repercussion when a Metropolitan Government elected official or board or commission member violates the standards of conduct or a current executive order.
- [**BL2024-478**](https://nashville.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=6808164&GUID=E7353AF1-D9EA-43D0-BC43-8A0805D19C9C&FullText=1&ref=pamphleteer.co): Deferred until October 1st, a bill changing the regulations for permits regarding “Short term rental property.

#### BILLS ON THIRD READING

- [**BL2023-56**](https://nashville.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=6364244&GUID=208B5280-2938-4C6D-853E-8CF1011AE6D4&ref=pamphleteer.co) **&** [**57**](https://nashville.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=6364245&GUID=2C0E4286-EE7D-4674-8CD1-ACC0699D1101&ref=pamphleteer.co)**:** Passed as substituted, a bill to permit 230 multi-family residential units and gift metro land for a fire station for Pettus Road, and a portion of property located at 8001 Warbler Way near Nolensville Pike. This includes a plan to divert construction traffic in the area.
- [**BL2024-448**](https://nashville.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=6737369&GUID=8783D4F2-38C1-421C-81A1-B0335FC850E2&FullText=1&ref=pamphleteer.co): Passed, a bill finalizing zoning for Antioch’s Global Mall.
- [**BL2024-428**](https://nashville.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=6723270&GUID=3070D783-4A70-4F21-B416-33E1D161F501&ref=pamphleteer.co): Passed as substituted, a bill establishing the East Bank Development
- [**BL2024-452**](https://nashville.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=6737372&GUID=07A529BE-0291-4D7D-B4CD-0715BE2828F8&ref=pamphleteer.co): Passed, accepting zoning changes to expand which will expand the Downtown Code to the 30-acre area surrounding the new stadium in the East Bank.