
Mayes Creek Basin is in the Eastern part of Williamson County. It is comprised of approximately 10,000 acres. It contains mostly homes with lots of open space. That is in danger of changing! The Mayes Creek Basin is in the City of Franklin's Urban Growth Boundary (UGB). Because of this, the guidelines for developing property within the UGB are different than what the guidelines are for property out of the UGB but still within Williamson County. That being said, the City of Franklin passed a resolution requesting a change to Envision Franklin and is asking the Planning Commission to vote on the change which will take 600 acres of land that is on Highway 96 East and change its designation from Developmental Reserve to Village Green. This means that instead of areas along the fringes of the Franklin UGB, that are characterized by agricultural uses, and single-family residential uses on significant acreage, it will have Townhomes, Duplexes, Multi-Family, Single-Family and Commercial development. THIS IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE to the residents that reside in the Mayes Creek Basin area.
IMPORTANT MEETING - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 AT 4:30 PM & 7 PM at the Williamson Cty Adm Bldg., 1320 W Main Street
The Board of Mayor and Aldermen Work Session (4:30) and the Board of Mayor and Aldermen Meeting (7:00). There will be no voting at the Work Session. The Ovation development (corner of McEwen and Carothers) is listed on the Agendas for both meetings and Aureum is only listed on the 7 PM Board meeting.
Hillview Lane and Coleman Road
This matter has been deferred until the November meeting of the Board of Mayor and Alderman. However, there is a temporary stop to this project because the Williamson County Commissioners have refused to sponsor the Inter-Local Agreement and the project at this point cannot move forward without the Agreement. A WIN IN THE FIGHT AGAINST GROWTH
If you wish to sign the petition requesting a moratorium on building, click on the link below and sign it.
Owen Hill Road - College Grove
This matter has been deferred until the October meeting of the Williamson County Planning Commission. A WIN AGAINST DEVELOPMENT. The residents of that area off Arno Road are in a battle with the developer. They want to put 74 homes on 374.9 along with a Non-Traditional Wastewater System right next to a historical African American Church and grave yard. The developer has been ordered to the Thermal Penetrating test to check for unmarked graves. This will be coming up again before the Williamson County Planning Board. I will post information on the meeting. Come and help support the residents to save this sacred ground.
The Board of Mayor and Aldermen had a Workshop Session
and reviewed a report provided an updated Cost of Service Rate Proposal for Water and Sewer provided by Hazen. I am attaching a copy of the report for you to review.
Here is a link to the meeting where the Village Green project was presented to both the Board of Mayor and Aldermen along with members of the Franklin Municipal Planning Commission.
Here is a link to an article that appeared in The Williamson Herald on September 18, 2024 talking about a new water reclamation plant. The City of Franklin is moving ahead with their plans and we need to keep up.
Here is a link to the interview I did with News Channel 5. Hopefully we will get more coverage as this progresses.
Below is a button that links to a copy of the Mayes Creek Basin Annexation Capabilities Study 2023 Update. The report was presented at the February 17, 2023 Board of Mayor and Aldermen and Franklin Municipal Planning Commission Joint Conceptual Workshop. I think you will find the information very interesting. There are 3 options proposed for the sewer line to run.
I received another email from Alderman Baggett who states that we misunderstand the Village Green concept and that it is not going to be another Westhaven on the East side of town. He told me it is being modeled after Serenbe, Georgia so I looked up Serenbe, Georgia. Below is a link so you can look at and decide for yourselves if it is what you want or do you still want Rural Reserve. I have heard many comments concerning Serenbe, Georgia and how it started out one way and has now changed to be exactly what we don't want. So don't get fooled!
This is a link to a story about Poplar Farms, a subdivision of over 550 homes being built on Clovercroft Road. It is claiming over 125 acres of open space. What they aren't telling you is that a good portion of those acres are not buildable anyway. Because of hilltop overlay, gas lines and high tension wires, you would not have been able to build on it. Those small details seem to get left out of the news. To read the article, click on the button below:
If you want to know how we won in 2018, click the article button below and it will give you the story that appeared in the Tennessean
I think it is an informative read to be prepared for the May 23 City of Franklin Municipal Planning Commission meeting:
To read the article in the Williamson Herald, click on the button below:
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