be a $65 million pumping station.

Funding would come from the water department's bonding for capital projects, which is backed by water department ratepayers. About $1.90 to $2 per each bill would be allocated to the downtown flood protection system. City officials say the project would not lead to higher water rates.

The water department's capital plan relies on a separate pool of funds than Metro's capital plan and the city's operating budget, which is currently facing a budget shortfall.

Flooding identified as a top 'shock' for city

The flood wall has faced setbacks three times in the council. In 2015, under Dean, the council removed funding for it. In 2016, the council again pulled funding for its construction but went ahead with preliminary design work.

Last year, the council voted 24-10 toagain eliminate the proposal from the mayor's capital improvements budget.

Since then, Potter and other city officials have engaged in a series of community meetings in recent months before coming back with the proposal. He addressed the council on the flood protection system in October.

Helping steer the effort has been the new Office of Resilience that was formed with Rockefeller Foundation money to help Nashville prepare for "shocks" such as natural disasters.

Original proposal: $100M downtown Nashville flood protection plan unveiled

"Our relationship with water — our rivers, our streams, our weather — are clearly some of the top shocks that face the city now and in the future," said Erik Cole, chief resilience officer in the mayor's office, adding that flash-flooding and river flooding are the top two water-related risks.

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