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Agenda Item  
VIII. A. Approve Purchase of Needed Property for the ARP Funded Stormwater Project and 
Resolution No. 2025-17. 
 
Overview 
The City received a stormwater grant from the Tennessee Department of Environment & 
Conservation during 2023 to prepare an electronic inventory/data base of major city stormwater  
assets including information about asset location, material, size, elevation, and condition to 
determine overall stormwater needs. Based on the collected information, the city will construct a 
project that is needed to improve the city’s stormwater capabilities, water quality, and minimize 
streambank erosion. The project that was selected was to purchase 5.12 acres of land at the 
intersection of Ingleside Avenue and Forrest Avenue across from Ingleside Park to shape into a 
new city-controlled stormwater asset to manage stormwater from the Oostanaula Creek. Since this 
property will be a dry storage area some of the time, it will be transformed into a parklike green 
space with native plants, walking trail, stormwater education exhibits, and perhaps tie -
ins/connections with nearby Mayfield Dairy Visitor Center (concept plan is attached).   
 
The 5.12 acres is entirely within the flood zone and largely within the floodway making it severely 
limited to development. The purchase price is $135,000 based on a recent appraisal. Funds for this 
purchase as well as the entire project were budgeted in t he approved FY 2025- 26 Capital 
Improvement Fund budget.  
 
Attached is a memo from the Public Works Department that offers more details and how the 
property would be purchased through the Economic Development Authority to maximize grant 
funding.   
 
Following discussion during the July 7, 2025 work session, the consensus was to place this item 
on the July 15, 2025 regular session consent agenda for approval.  
 
Action to Consider 
Motion, second, and majority vote are needed to approve  Resolution No. 2025- 17 to authorize 
staff to purchase the property as described above for a stormwater project funded in part by an 
ARP grant. 
 
Affected Departments 
Public Works Dept.   
 
 
 
 
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