Metropitan Nashville Brownfield Program
Brownfield Partnership
Planning Process
As part of the planning process, two groups were organized to aid in the development of the Brownfield Program. The first group, an Interagency Team was comprised of representatives of various Metropolitan Departments impacted by brownfields, including the Mayor’s Office, Health Department, Planning Department, Historical Commission, Finance Department, Public Works Department, Water Services, Legal Department, Civic Design Center and MDHA.The second group, the Advisory Committee, was comprised of stakeholders from various groups within Nashville and representatives from Federal and State government to act as a conduit of information between the Metropolitan Government and the neighborhood stakeholder groups.
Throughout the process, each group was educated about the brownfields and their impact on the surrounding community, aided in the visioning and planning process and input regarding priority areas.
Brownfield Partnership
The establishment of the formal Brownfield Program combines the broad representation involved in the Interagency Team and the Advisory Committee into a unified Brownfield Partnership.Modeled in part on the Greenways Commission, the Brownfield Partnership will serve as an advisory committee to the MDHA Board of Commissioners.
The Brownfield Partnership is comprised of fifteen (15) members. A representative of Metropolitan Council (Chair of Federal Grants Review Committee) will hold one seat on the Brownfield Partnership. Six (6) seats will be held by representatives from, the Mayor’s Office and the Department Director (or appropriate designee) of MDHA, the Planning Department, the Health Department, the Historical Commission and the Parks Department.
The remaining seats will be appointed by the Mayor and will be held by private citizens, representing neighborhood interests (three seats), environmental interests (one seat) and business (two seats) and property owner (two seats) interests.
Task Forces
Task forces will be used by the Brownfield Partnership to facilitate completion of specific tasks. The Brownfield Partnership is responsible for determining the need for specific task forces and appointing members to each the task force.The Brownfield Partnership has the authority to select representatives from the Brownfield Partnership, the Mayor’s Office, the Metropolitan Council, Metropolitan Government Agencies, representatives from community stakeholder groups, representatives of Federal and State government and/or professionals to serve as members of each task force.
Each task force will be given specific goals and schedules to ensure that efforts are concluded in a timely manner. The task forces will submit minutes, recommendations, and concerns to the Brownfield Program Manager for each meeting. The four (4) initial task forces are:
Communications
Task Force
Will assist in the development and implementation of the Communications
Plan.
Environmental
Justice Task Force
Will assist in the development and implementation of the Environmental
Justice Plan.
Redevelopment
Barriers Task Force
Will identify zoning, building codes and other regulations that are
unnecessarily impeding redevelopment of brownfield sites.
Projects
Task Force
Will prioritize projects within the established planning areas, identify
Metropolitan Government brownfield projects, and evaluate requests from
the private sector for assistance for brownfield redevelopment projects.