DATE: February 28, 2017
TO: Board of Mayor and Aldermen
FROM: Eric Stuckey, City Administrator
SUBJECT:
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Receive Envision Franklin and the FMPC Resolution 2016-91 to Adopt Envision Franklin
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Purpose
The purpose of this memorandum is to provide information to the Franklin Board of Mayor and Aldermen (BOMA) concerning the adoption of Envision Franklin.
Background
On January 26, 2017 the Franklin Municipal Planning Commission passed Resolution 2016-91 to adopt Envision Franklin, the City's Major Update to the Land Use Plan, with one amendment to the Plan involving a reduction in the height overlay map from 16 stories to 12 stories along the I-65 corridor.
The City's previous Land Use Plan was adopted in 2004, but had not been updated since 2011. In the fall of 2014, the City was actively working with CHA Consulting to update the Major Thoroughfare Plan. To better link transportation and land use planning, Contract 2013-0135, establishing a professional services agreement between the City of Franklin and CHA Consulting, was amended to include professional services for land use planning.
Public meetings were held May 4-6, 2015 at Eastern Flank Battlefield Park to gather input and engage the community. Over the course of 2015 and 2016, the Planning and Sustainability Department (P&SD) staff worked with CHA (now Rundell Ernstberger Associates) to create a new planning document that provides clear and concise guidance to property owners and the development community.
The first draft of Envision Franklin was released to the public on July 20, 2016. During the following months, the P&SD staff provided many opportunities to the public to learn more about the plan and provide input, culminating in the open houses held on September 26 and September 27, 2016, in which over 200 people attended. Throughout the public engagement phase, 88 comment cards were collected and over 20 posts were made on the City's social media pages. Moreover, pr...
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