DATE: May 5, 2016
TO: Board of Mayor and Aldermen
FROM: Eric Stuckey, City Administrator
Paul Holzen, Director of Engineering
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PUBLIC HEARING: Consideration of Resolution 2016-22 to be entitled "A Resolution, As Amended, Adopting A Plan Of Services For The Annexation Of 1845 Carters Creek Pike By The City Of Franklin, Tennessee"; (04-28-16 FMPC 9-0; 05-10-16 WS)
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Consideration of Resolution 2016-22 to be entitled "A Resolution, As Amended, Adopting A Plan Of Services For The Annexation Of 1845 Carters Creek Pike By The City Of Franklin, Tennessee"; Establishing a Public Hearing for June 14, 2016. (04-28-16 FMPC 9-0)
Purpose
The purpose of this memorandum is to provide information to the Franklin Board of Mayor and Aldermen (BOMA) concerning the amended plan of service for the annexation of 1845 Carters Creek Pike.
Background
In the summer of 2015, the Board of Mayor and Aldermen approved Resolution 2015-26, “A Resolution Adopting a plan of Service for the Annexation of the Property Located at 1845 Carters Creek Pike, Consisting of 75.69 Acres Located West of Carters Creek Pike and Southwest of Downs Boulevard and Adjoining the City Limits within the Southwestern Park of the Franklin Urban Grown Boundary (UGB)”. This plan of service required the property owner to extend 1,900 LF of offsite public water main and 1,200 LF of offsite sanitary sewer to the site. The public water main was required to provide adequate flow and pressure for both domestic water service and fire protection.
The property owners are proposing to build an equestrian park that will include a 39-stall horse barn, a track building, an indoor and an outdoor riding ring, pastures, riding trails and three caretaker apartments. The site is located in a rural section of Williamson County. As the project developed into the site plan stage, we realized that there was apparently some miscommunication between city staff and the applicant. The applicant did not fully understand the offsite infrastructure requirement and the cost associated with these requirements. The purpose of this revision is to provide relief to the applicant to help make the project financially feasible. Staff has looked critically at the proposed agricultural use, and determined that a revision to the POS could be supported. The revision clarifies that that the caretaker’s house can be served by a septic system, and that the well system on-site can provide water supply. It also states that the barns must be built out of non-combustible materials, and the caretaker apartments shall have a residential fire sprinkler system. It further states that these conditions apply only to the agricultural use of the property; should this be developed for residential or commercial use, then the property owner shall be required to extend sanitary sewer and water infrastructure. The property owner has agreed to dedicate, at no cost, a number of water and sanitary sewer easements that will be required in the future.
Financial Impact
No financial impact
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Staff recommends approval of Resolution 2016-22.