On 2/5/19, the Metro Parks Director, Monique Odom publicly stated in the Metro Council meeting, they are interested in the land. She explained under the current Parks and Greenways Master Plan, our area is underserved and future additional land acquisition will be necessary to meet their goals. Selling this particular parcel of land is a huge step backwards for our community. 

Metro Council deferred this bill to their next meeting on 2/19/19.  Our Councilman, DeCosta Hastings is supporting us in opposition to this bill, but we need ALL council members to vote against it. Please contact your council member and ask them to vote NO on BL2019-1476 selling public land at 0 Brick Church Pike.

While we fully support funding our MNPS schools, we oppose using the one-time sale of our public lands to meet the $13 million budget deficit as contrary to sound financial management of public resources. 

Current Metro School properties are for sale and listed on Metro Nashville’s eBid auction site with values of $12.1 million.  An additional $4.7 million worth of properties were approved to sell by Metro Council on 2/5/19.  This eliminates the need to sell our park land to meet the MNPS budget shortfall.

Therefore, we petition for the following:

1. Immediate halt of the sale of this public land for private gain, and a commitment by the Mayor's office and our elected officials to engage in a community-led process on its appropriate development as public green space. 

2. Transfer the land to the Parks Department and implement a meaningful master planning process, led by the community, with involvement of all stakeholders of the site.

ACTION STEPS!

Forward this to all your friends and post on social media.  Click here to like our Haynes-Trinity Neighborhood Coalition Facebook page!

Email all your council members at councilmembers@nashville.gov.  Put “Stop BL2019-1476 land sale at 0 Brick Church Pike” in the subject line. Briefly say why and include your name and address.