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2026-09-15 - Metropolitan Council

Summary

Built from the official minutes (33 pages). No video or agenda is posted on this page.

  • Regular session at 6:30 PM; 36 members present. Minutes of September 1, 2026 approved.
  • Election: Rosenthal elected to the Health and Educational Facilities Board, 27 votes to 7 for Markham (Markham's votes: Evans-Segall, Parker, Capp, Harrell, Horton, Preptit, Sepulveda).
  • Convention Center Authority: all five appointees confirmed. Cooper and Link unanimously; Degrafinreid 28-6; Hardin 27-7; Silvia San Martin 27-7 (Convention Center Authority Appointments).
  • Community Corrections Advisory Board: Sepulveda withdrew the appointments of Jamaal Boykin and Donna Grayer; Brand and Summers confirmed unanimously; Joseph Umberger re-referred to committee.
  • Pomeroy reconfirmed to the Nashville Entertainment Commission, unanimous. Re-referred to committee: F. Cory Mason (Adult Entertainment board), Christy Borthick (Human Relations Commission), Jackson Ferrell and Ben Vaught (Short Term Rental Appeals Board), Tod Roadarmel (Tourism and Convention Commission).
  • Nomination: Harrell nominated by Sepulveda for the non-voting Council seat on the Contract and Compliance Board; election October 6.
  • Public hearing: RS2026-2291 exempting a 16th Avenue North sandwich shop from the minimum distance rule for a beer permit adopted 28-0; no one spoke (Capp requested the hearing).
  • Consent agenda (all items, 33-0): includes the $10,827,467 tornado housing recovery grant (Tornado Recovery Housing Grant), three Housing Trust Fund grant amendments and BL2026-1513 on third reading (Housing Trust Fund Grant Contracts), the Hyundai/Kia settlement of $747,819 and a $45,000 personal injury settlement, the Active Transportation grant, the Juvenile Justice Center solar agreement, and several health, parks and library grants.
  • Zoning on third reading (consent, 33-0): Baptist World Center medical development and bills for Hamilton Church Road, Buena Vista Pike, Meridian Street and 3rd Avenue South; the opioid bill (Opioid Settlement Funds Oversight).
  • Old Hickory Boulevard mixed-use rezoning passed third reading 31-0-1 with Parker abstaining (Old Hickory Boulevard Mixed-Use Rezoning).
  • Midtown BID FY2027 budget passed third reading 32-1-1 (Midtown Business Improvement District Funding).
  • Right turn on red bill: substitute adopted on second reading (Eslick and Benton no), then deferred and re-referred to committee (Right Turn on Red Rules).
  • Deferred: Motorola public-safety software agreement RS2026-2264 (Rule 8.1); employee survey bill BL2026-1514 (Rule 8.1); Bell Road rezoning BL2026-1389 to November 5 on Styles's motion with re-referral; solid waste generator fees bill BL2026-1518; rules amendment on appropriation legislation (Rule 21) under Rule 53.2.
  • First reading: 15 bills (BL2026-1565 to 1579) including East Bank Redevelopment Plan Amendment, Permanent Supportive Housing Strategic Plan, the Vero Fiber franchise, a stormwater easement on Pin Hook Road, door-to-door solicitation enforcement, and the West Hamilton Road seven-unit rezoning.

Elections, appointments and confirmations

See Convention Center Authority Appointments for vote detail. Other results above are recorded only on this page.

Convention Center Authority Appointments

Sepulveda moved each confirmation. For Degrafinreid, Taylor called the previous question; for Hardin, Johnston did. No votes: Degrafinreid (Parker, Capp, Bradford, Welsch, Vo, Sepulveda); Hardin (Parker, Capp, Harrell, Bradford, Welsch, Vo, Sepulveda); San Martin (Parker, Capp, Harrell, Welsch, Vo, Sepulveda, Ewing).

Right Turn on Red Rules

BL2026-1497. Sepulveda moved second reading and offered the substitute, adopted by voice vote with Eslick and Benton voting no; then deferred as substituted to the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

Old Hickory Boulevard Mixed-Use Rezoning

BL2026-1506 and BL2026-1507 (14.03 acres, 33 single-family lots, 18 two-family lots, commercial uses). Webb moved both; 31 yes, Parker abstaining.

Midtown Business Improvement District Funding

BL2026-1521. Kupin moved third reading; roll call 32 yes, 1 no (Welsch), 1 abstain (Kimbrough).

Opioid Settlement Funds Oversight

BL2026-1452 passed third reading on consent, 33-0.

Baptist World Center medical development

BL2026-1467 passed third reading on consent, 33-0.

LaVergne Couchville Pike rezoning

BL2026-1511 returned and passed second reading on consent, 33-0.

Housing Trust Fund Grant Contracts

BL2026-1513 passed third reading, and RS2026-2271 (Be a Helping Hand Foundation), RS2026-2272 (Nonprofit Housing Corporation) and RS2026-2273 (Woodbine Community Organization) were adopted, all 33-0.

Tornado Recovery Housing Grant

RS2026-2270 adopted 33-0.

East Bank Redevelopment Plan Amendment

BL2026-1567 (Amendment No. 3) passed first reading; referred to Budget and Finance and Planning and Zoning.

Permanent Supportive Housing Strategic Plan

BL2026-1568 (Focus Strategies contract) passed first reading; referred to the same committees.

Other business

  • Late resolution RS2026-2292 (State Water Infrastructure Program grant term extension and added funds for the Dry Creek Water Reclamation Facility) adopted 34-0 after Spain moved to suspend the rules.
  • RS2026-2287, accepting a new fire hydrant assembly at 2415 Vanderbilt Place, adopted 32-0-1 on Cash's motion, Capp abstaining.
  • BL2026-1512 (Loftin Avenue, RS7.5 to RM20-A-NS, 1.03 acres): Benedict offered a late-filed substitute correcting the location description (351 feet east of Gallatin Pike) and it passed 34-0.
  • BL2026-1516 (annual reporting on tax increment finance loans) passed 34-0 as amended by Allen's Amendment No. 1.
  • BL2026-1536 (small business incentive grants) passed second reading by voice vote on Spain's motion.
  • RS2026-2264 (Motorola Solutions cooperative purchasing agreement for Emergency Communications) was recommended for deferral by two committees and deferred.

Related to Tornado Recovery Housing Grant: The grant stems from the deadly March 3, 2020 tornado that hit North Nashville and surrounding areas. Metro was allocated $10,827,467 in federal disaster recovery funds in July 2024. It targets 15 ZIP codes and households at or below 80% of area median income, with a planned $7.1 million for about 40 new affordable homes, $1.6 million to rehab 5 vacant homes, and $1.6 million for storm-resistant repairs on about 50 owner-occupied homes. Metro expects to choose nonprofit partners by the end of 2026.

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