Adopts the 2026-2027 through 2031-2032 Capital Improvements Budget as Metro's official capital budget for fiscal year 2026-2027, starting July 1, 2026. No building or improvement project can be funded unless it is in this budget, except in a public emergency passed by a two-thirds vote of the Council.
Metro Council, June 9, 2026
7 bills and resolutions. Meeting page · Agenda (PDF) · Minutes (PDF)
- 5 passed
- 1 moving forward
- 1 on the agenda, no action recorded
Passed 5
Final votes: these are now law or adopted.
Renames Alley #659, from Wedgewood Avenue to Elliott Avenue, as "Eliza Alley." The Department of Emergency Communications asked for the change because a new house was built off the alley with no street access, and the new name will help emergency services find it.
Renames Alley #581, from 27th Avenue North to its dead end, as "Birdsong Alley." The Department of Emergency Communications asked for the change because new homes were built off the alley with no street access, and the new name will help emergency services find them.
Allows Metro to abandon about 2,860 feet of 66-inch and about 75 feet of 24-inch sewer force main and easements, and to accept about 3,108 feet of new 66-inch and about 2,086 feet of new 30-inch sewer force main and easements. This covers 18 properties on Cowan Street, Cowan Court, Waterside Drive, River North Boulevard and North 9th Street, in the Oracle Force Main Relocation project.
Sets up a temporary "Special Event Zone" in parts of downtown Nashville for the 2026 July 4th Celebration, from 9:00 p.m. on July 2, 2026 to 11:59 p.m. on July 5, 2026. Within the zone, unapproved vending, alcohol sales, tents, free-product giveaways, firearms, knives, fireworks and drones are barred, and shared urban mobility devices are not allowed, while public participation areas are set aside for people to express themselves.
Moving forward 1
Bills pass three readings; these cleared one or two tonight.
Pauses zoning, building, and grading permits for data center developments anywhere in Nashville & Davidson County until November 1, 2026 or until BL2026-1391 and BL2026-1392 take effect, whichever comes first. Small server rooms under 500 square feet inside another main use are not counted as data centers.
On the agenda, no action recorded 1
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