Boma - Regular Meeting

Hello, everybody. This is the work session for the mayor and alderman meeting. We're called to order, and I'm going to call the roll alderman Barnhill here. Alton Black here. Alton Caesar. Yeah. Colin Peterson here. All of them present. Alderman Brown present. All reports. Brother King Potts. There he is. And we'll explain that later. And Vice Mayor Baggott, just crown it, okay? Everybody stay here. The mayor's here. I have no citizen speaker cards. Is that right? So. Okay, we'll keep moving on. So, annual Civil War Historic Commission report. Ever. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Thank you everyone. We wanted to do the, annual report to, the group and so we have a, First, I want to introduce myself. I'm the city's, preservation planner. We have Elizabeth. She's the city's assistant preservation planner, and we have Tony, and he is the newly elected Civil War Historical Commission chair. And we have the list of members on, the screen for everyone. But we have a really great turnout of our commission members behind us. So stand and introduce themselves, please. Yes, please. This is a great turnout. Wow. That looks like a quorum. There. This is a scary. Why don't you go ahead and introduce them, if you would? Sure. So first we have Sean Aiello. We have Mary Pierce. We have Miss Alma Macklemore. We have Tina Jones. We have Heather Dola. Shell. We have, Marlene Hall. So sorry. It's been a long day. We have Allen Sands. We have Ray.

Eldridge. So sorry. We have, bill making. So, did I get everyone? Okay. Great. Yeah. Patrick and Patrick. And it's really good. Have a lot of interest in Civil War history. So we're excited to have them. Go ahead. I'm sorry. All right. So we meet six times a year. So it is the, second Thursday of every other month, and we meet at 8:00 in the morning. So, one of the, find one of the plans that we have just wrapped up is the historic wayfinding plan. So around the city, you can see these fabulous red signs that, we have installed. And so we did a survey to identify the existing signage, kind of clean up, co-locate some signs. And so they were completed as of late 2024 and early 2025. And so this was one of the big, projects that the group has completed. Next we have the US line marker program. And so this is our goal to demarcate the US Army defensive line that was present during the Battle of Franklin on November 30th of 1864. And so we are, in the process of documenting all of the locations where this line was present. So we have installed eight out of the 22 markers so far. And on this map, the red circled locations show where the, location show where the markers have been placed so far. And so we are hoping to have the rest of the markers to be installed by the end. Well ordered by the end of this fiscal year. So I'll hand it over to Elizabeth. So I'll talk about one of the other subcommittees that the Civil War Historical Commission is working on right now,

and that is the Historic Parks Audio Tours subcommittee. So, we presented last year with a more thorough update of the top content, for the expansion of the audio tour. So we're still working with the subcommittee to do that. And expanding sites. We're working on signage as well. So currently we're about 85% done with those transcripts that we have. And so those transcripts that have been finalized and are, draft put on to our new platform online are, available in the agenda packet. So if you want to look at them more thoroughly, I'm more than happy to answer any questions about them, but we don't have to read them currently at this meeting and they are available for everyone. And so part of that is, the proposed signage that we will be installing with the updated platform, since it is online and no longer dial by. So we do have to update that. So we do have a signed mockup of what it is proposed to be here. So, we've tested this with distance and making sure that people are able to scan the QR code at a certain range if they are, if there's any fencing or anything like that around sites. And so we are working, there are 26 stops, 28 signs. So a few more signs, than there are stops just to make sure we capture, all audiences and people entering sites at different locations. And there are some stops that have multiple content sites in them as well. And so here's a more thorough overview of all of the stop locations. And where we're looking at signage locations by address. And so for the last update is for the preservation plan update as part of this presentation. So we've been working on the preservation plan update, with the city for a little over a year now. And so we've met intentionally and specifically with the Civil War Historical Commission, because it is an update. And, a combination of the 2001 preservation plan and the 2004 Civil War battlefield Preservation plan. So combining two plans. And so we want to make sure that we capture all of Civil War, all the

future goals and feedback that we can get on the work now. So we've had several special called Civil War historical commissions. Each time that the consulting team has come in and visited the city and worked with staff, and so, we're still working on that. And we'll have some additional, special called sessions with the Civil War Historical Commission and the consulting team to make sure we, continue to that and thorough we look at the goals. So, we hope to continue our work collaboratively with city staff and the Civil War Historical Commission members, to keep, on with the great initiative and work on the Commission. So if there's any questions, we are more than happy to answer them. Rosa. Or thanks for your participation in the presentation today. There's 14 remaining markers that are going to be ordered by this year. And I recall some of the the placements of the previous markers being pretty important events for us as a city. Is there similar plans to do all 14 at once, or are you going to do them as they come in and help us understand how those markers will be installed and how we can recognize those moments? Yeah. So, Emily can come on up. I think with the first set of markers, they were, there was a large celebration with the Columbia Avenue markers. So hopefully getting them all ordered by the end of the fiscal year. And then we'll have to work with our streets department to make sure that we can schedule out installation of them as well. So hopefully by the end of the calendar year, we'll be able to get them installed. But I'm not sure if you mean anything. I think what I'm like, these are pretty significant markers in there alongside major thoroughfares in many instances. And people, rather than just kind of driving by and being like, oh, there's a new concrete marker over there. We'd rather acknowledge the significance of the marker and help tell the story of Franklin and the Civil War, the battle that was fought here,

especially in the the significant year of our Union's 200. And and it's one of the things that we can explore is, you know, expanding, one of the audio tour kind of platforms is we can have like geolocated pens for these line markers as well. So people that are visiting or using this software in the classroom, they can see it and teach this as well. Yeah, I think the intent is just bring awareness to it. We're making the investment here and want to celebrate the work. Thanks. You're looking for a large celebration when all are installed and I would concur. That's right. Better put it there. Anybody else? Okay? Sure. Go ahead. So the audio tour and the list of places, will the visitor center have that, available to all the visitors who went out with instructions and the list of it. Yes. So available through the visitor center. Yes. The existing audio tour. The dial by someone has a rack card at the visitor center. Okay. And so we'll just be working with the visitor center to update that and make sure it, features the new information as well. Thanks. Great report. Thank you. And thanks for your presence tonight. Next is Carter Hill expansion and proposed repurposing of a portion of Strahl Street. So this is very appropriate given the presentation that you just had. It's an important part of the expansion of the Carter Hill Battlefield Park. And in March that, the, the Civil War Historical Commission will be talking more about this. But we wanted the board to have an opportunity to hear about the initial plans and where this is going. And in terms of expanding the footprint of that park and the extensive partnerships that have brought us here. So take it away, Lisa. Thank you. Eric. And good evening. What's before you maybe will be the,

the the joint, master plan for Carter Hill Park. This was done in conjunction with the Battle of Franklin Trust. And so years ago, battle of Franklin Trust took the lead when Franklin's charge, especially on the old Pizza Hut and the domino sites of of what is known as the Carter Hill Park today. They actually we created a master plan. And in that master plan, it was great to kind of that provided the city. It also provided our, public private partnerships, a checklist of things that we need to do. And so, we requested that to be completed again now on the new parcels. And so that's what's before you tonight, as Eric was sharing it, we thought it was important to start here. There is a along with the Battle of Franklin trust board, I believe the Civil War Commission, the members that are here tonight and the great work that they do, along with, our other commissions that we need to, receive approval. But I think one of the most important pieces of this is, not just understanding what this part of the battlefield would look like, but also there is a component of Straw Street. And so the city would owned by June of this year, the city would own both sides of, Straw Street. So therefore it's not a, an abandonment of the roadway, but it would be a repurposing of the roadway. And so in saying that we need to meet with residents. Many residents have lived along these areas and so receiving their input would be very important. And so we will do this on site. We'll set a time, but we also want to make sure that they too know that there are opportunities at these commissions, including you at the end, that they also can speak to you directly. So that's what's before you before we take this map on the road, or a little bit of a show and tell. But we do believe that, this provides an opportunity for us

to have something visual for people to comment on. I think what's also important here, as we are talking about budget and upcoming, since the Battle of Franklin trust actually maintains this those, where the new future Carter House visitor Center will be. They maintain the grounds. So we have worked it out where we might do some small capital of the fencing amenities within the park. As a city, they're going to take care of the grounds. And so we will take care of the other side to make sure. And then we will work, with engineering and others how safely to get people across as we create all these small parcels into one large park. So I'm happy to answer any questions. Eric, if there was anything else that you. Thought. We just wanted you all to see it before we start talking to others in the community and it'll circle back to you, as Lisa said, when that's, you know, that process has worked. Let's go ahead and do it. So when Strong Street gets to Reddick, there's no reason for a turnaround because it goes into the actual drive of that resident. Correct. That's why we're not doing a, that in there. Right? Correct. So it really is kind of helpful. It's very helpful when Reddit seniors, the residence was built, it was part of the connectivity as far as what a roadway would be. And so, and going back and looking at those plans with the fire marshal and others, it was important to understand they always need that. That should be, basically a connection to Granbury and it should be public. So anything right through that area that where you see where the park will be, there's there's not any residents. It's only to the red. It is to the left of it if you're looking at there. And then we've got individual homes, which is next to the county park, which is on Strahl Street,

so that that's owned by the county Parks and Recreation and maintained by them. So we believe there's a lot of connectivity for from the roadway that we we actually are going to put people at a red light versus not well. And, you know, I've spoken about this before with some of the residents at that event and some of these people on the street. I mean, one family in particular have lived there for probably 50 years, if not longer. So changing your traffic patterns is going to be hard. But I think what it does, when Central Park was opened by the county, that was already a great amenity. But to know that now they even have a walkable opportunity beyond the Carter House area and the new open park will be great. Thank you. Hopefully they think so too. And that's the goal to be able to do that. I think it's important. I've spoken to a lot of them, but it's important to make this official too. Yep. Vice mayor so yeah, I echo that talking with the residents, I think we'll probably find that it would improve probably quality of life for those that live in the area as far as through traffic issues. But there'll be a lot of folks that come the drive through and the coming from. It's a cut through the street can be. But I know that, intersection also where it reaches Columbia is not a safe. I mean, it's there are safer options. And, stroll right now, I mean, it's backed up there sometimes, and it's hard to see over and down the hill. Either view sheds are hard, so. But the residents, really, this is, looking forward to hearing from them. So if you let us know in those if you have any official meetings so that, we can be there if we would like, I'd like to attend. Okay. And hear, hear from the residents. This is a big change, but I think it could be

could quiet down, stroll with the with the flow through traffic and allow more pedestrian connectivity. But, like, bring Alderman Blanton, like to really hear from the residents and make sure we do everything we can to hear from as many as possible. Thank you, Vice Mayor. The goal will be is that we will set up a ten or so. We will do this on site. So that way the residents can walk to the area. We will set up where signage to where you can see this plan, allow them to have comments loud to see and talk to. And Eric Jacobson, the CEO of Battle Franklin, trust that he's happy to be there as well to explain the reason their kind of their vision overall too. But we'll definitely let you know when those are. You may have you may want to do something at Reddick with some of those people may not be able to walk out. We definitely can. Absolutely. That's a great, great suggestion. Thank you. Mayor. Okay. Councilman Barnhill. Hello. This is kind of, maybe not. New, maybe. Not too unusual. Define abandoned and repurposing. Well, not that I'm an expert on this, but over the last six months, I feel like I am. That's enough. Thank you. Sir. When you abandoned the right of way, you are turning it back to an original owner. It's my understanding. It's when we abandoned an easement. We did this with the example that was provided back to law. As we worked through this process, and also with engineering. We abandoned the easement behind the homes that were part of the golf course they wanted. It was part of that. They did not want. It is a trail system. So we abandoned it. It went back to those homeowners, because the city would own both sides and basically the roadway. You don't abandon something that you're just repurposing it.

So instead of having our asphalt, you will have turf of some sort or a trail system. And so that's the best way to to share that, because there's unless Franklin's Charge or Battle of Franklin Trust or the state owned the other side, we're not abandoned it to anyone. It it is ours as a city, but it will it will be in June of 2026 is our understanding. We've always with not always, but. For quite some time. Discussed closing. That portion of straw three. Let me just. Leaving just. To touch. Yes, sir. There's there's also been some. Discussion, maybe not a. Lot of connecting or reconnecting Clyburn to Glen Berry. Eliminating that terrible intersection there. That is design. Is any of this covering any of that? No, sir. You're you're you're correct though, that is on the minds of from our engineering department. We feel is we feel as for the park itself, it would be better. But there is quite a bit. I mean, you still dealing with residents on Claiborne? There's utilities, and the road realignment to align at either Granbury. Basically, you would have to move Claiborne so that you kind of move that down to where the, so you where the cannonballs were you and you would. Move Claiborne south. You would probably move Claiborne south versus Granbury. But that would be in the I think that would need to be an engineering study to see what would be realistic or more feasible. But it's a great suggestion that we've talked about. Various. Thank you Lisa. Thank you sir. From an activity report.

Catherine. Coming down off her perch. Yeah. This is maybe your last New Year's celebration of the year. This gives you the calendar year of 2025, development report. So take it away. Catherine. All right, so good evening. As Eric said, this is your quarterly development activity report. This is for the fourth quarter of 2025, which, as you know, we use that is just kind of a calendar year view of all of our development activity. We will start off with plan review because that is the first stage of your development process. This is the stage where development and design professionals will submit plans and staff, then reviews them against the codes and ordinances that are approved by Beaumont and return it with comments. Staff, as always, maintains a very high level service commitment. We have. We make sure that all applicants have plans that are reviewed and returned with comments within provided timeframes. And planning staff continues to proactively work with the development community on any potential or active development projects. And when we look at the, plan, act, plan review activity for the year, this is really the highlights. These are some of the main types of developments that come before you all this is not an exhaustive list of everything that our planning staff does. You will actually see that in a upcoming presentation that the planning department does their development activity report. But as far as the highlights in 2025, there were four Envision Franklin Plan amendments approved, 12 Rezonings, two annexations and six development plans, which totaled to about 24 of those large, scope plans being approved. That is pretty consistent with where we've been in the last five years. We usually average between 20 and 30, so we're kind of right in the middle there of what we would get in a typical calendar year.

Next, we're going to move on to permitting because that is our next phase of the development process. Just as a rule, any new construction, any renovations, additions that are happening around the community, they require a building permit. Those are issued in our building, a neighborhood services department. But building permits are not all the building and neighborhood services issues. There are other different types of permits. There are trade permits, which are your mechanical, electrical and plumbing permits. There are also use permits. Those are things for like your short term vacation rentals, your mobile food vendors, like your food trucks, or outdoor cafes. Those permits are also issued through the BNF department. And then we also have some other, permits, such as for swimming pools. And we had a new fire suppression permit system that was put in a couple of years ago. And so when you look at in 2025, the permitting activity, you'll see that for building permits in 2025, we issued 1057 building permits, 5022 trade permits, those 400 fire permits, and then 179 other permits, which are just a combination of some of our small ones. Those are your pool permits, your demolition permits, and your floodplain permits. These are basically all of the development related permits. The, VNS issues and that total to 6658 permits, you'll see for 2024 and 2025, they are higher. And when you look at the total permits issued, they are higher than they were, in 21 through 23. That's really because we issued more trade permits and we implemented the fire suppression permit. So when you look at the fire permits, we issued 323 and 24 and 425. So that inflates the number of total permits issued. But when you look at our actual building permits, they've been pretty consistent between 1000 and 1200 for the last five years. So very steady. And actually,

I want to talk about your permit and impact fees for 2025. Before I go into the numbers, I always like to clarify the difference between permit fees and impact fees because they function very differently. Permit fees are the fees that are based on the actual value of the project that's being permitted. The revenues that we collect from those permit fees actually go to our general fund and help support day to day operations, whereas our impact fees, these are fees that are assessed on new developments based on their development type and the amount of capacity they're actually going to be taking up on our infrastructure. The revenues that we take from impact fees are put in separate funds and are only to be used to increase the infrastructure capacity. So when you look at permit fees for 2025, we collected just under $2.5 million. This is pretty average. I believe we tend to collect between 2 and 2.5 million every year. Road impact fees. We collected $6.3 million with water impact fees. It was, just over a million. Sewer impact fees are about $4.7 million. And facilities tax is, just under $2 million. And if you think of that as like a Pi, your road impact fees are the biggest portion of your pie. They said about 45%. Your sewer is at about 34 facilities taxes next at 14%, and then water impact fees, not surprisingly, is your smallest at about 7%. Because we do not serve the entire community. Water. See. And then when we kind of look at the impact fees over the last decade, if you really want to see that big picture trend, I do I always want to note that, when you look at trends for impact fees, these are not a good metric for development activity. It's just based on the development type. So when you look at that, especially with road impact

fees, you will see more of a downward trend since, 2016. That's not necessarily because of development activity. All that really means is that the types of development that generate a lot of road impact fees, we're not permitting those as much. We're not seeing them come through the pipeline as much. And that's really a market driven type of, situation. You'll see that similarly with our facility tax, it's kind of the same type of thing. It's a really a market driven thing. But when you see sewer impact fees, you'll see a pretty sharp increase, starting in 2024, that is when we implemented the new, water and sewer impact fee methodology that went to place January 1st of 2024. So you'll see that increase was really as a result of that methodology change. Next I'm going to touch on housing and construction values. I'm going to give a brief overview of the year for each. And then we're going to go into the trends. When you actually go into the new dwelling units that are under construction for 2025. Oh, there we go for 2025, for single family, we issued 239 new dwelling units for townhomes. We issued 39, new dwelling units. Multifamily was about 520 new dwelling units, which totaled to about 798. I will note the townhome number is very low. Usually we average about 100 to 150 townhomes every year. What I can say about that is we've had quite a few developments come through the pipeline in the last few years that were very townhome heavy. Those are finishing being built out. And so we'll see if there's more down the pipeline. But I believe that similarly, in 2023, when we issued no multifamily, I feel like this is an anomaly. And then when you look at construction values overall for residential, the total value of residential permits was $278.9 million.

With nonresidential, it was $586.3 million, which totaled to $865.2 million. And I'll touch more on that number in a second. So when you look at the housing trends in the last decade, I want to note, like that dark blue up top is your multifamily, your gray in the middle is your townhomes in that bottom, lighter blue is your single family. We have averaged total since 2018, between about 750 to 1000 new dwelling units every year. A lot of that factor that changes is multifamily. But we've really remained pretty consistent and steady over the last several years on our housing, on our housing numbers. Now, ask a question. You can go ahead. That's my I like to point this out because there's a lot of numbers. These are not approvals. These are permitted. These are just permits. These are ones that are going vertical. So some of these could have been approved. Years. Ago. Years ago. So I think that's important for public and for us to remember these numbers. So to see the trends for construction value, I always like to note the construction value. This is the value of the projects as they're getting permitted. And so we issued fo issued permits for construction projects that reached a total value of $865.2 million in the 2025 calendar year. That is the second highest total construction value in the last decade. So what I can tell you with that is with our building permit numbers being very consistent and steady, what we're seeing now is that the value of the projects that are being permitted are higher. So it's a really good thing to see. And we'll continue to monitor that trajectory. So this is something I like to do for the annual, report is to kind of give you an update on the boards and commissions that work with development services staff

and kind of give you a just a brief update on what they've been doing. As you all probably know, the Development Services Advisory Commission, this is an advisory board is comprised of a cross-section of the development community. They provide guidance and recommendations on how to enhance the city's development process. The Building Industry Standards Board of Appeals and the Stormwater Board of Appeals function differently. These are both technical bodies that are established to hear and decide appeals on, on decisions. So they meet on an as needed basis. When you see their meetings in 2025, the Development Services Advisory Commission meet once a month. They meet on the first Tuesday of every month at 8 a.m. over at the eastern Flank event Facility. And they continue to work on a variety of different things. They're continuous, continuously talking about the development customer survey, various other, elements of the process. They've been very collaborative with staff. It's a really great, you know, meeting to attend if you're ever interested. But I also like to highlight for the, for the appeals board, since they meet on an as needed basis, I like to highlight honestly how infrequently they meet because it really shows how proactive staff is at finding solutions on the front end, rather than it getting to the appeals board level. So the Building and Industry Standards Board of Appeals, they only met one time in 2025, and it was the same with the Stormwater Appeals Board. They only met once and it was only an administrative meeting. They didn't even have to decide on anything. And lastly, I would give you the development survey follow up. As a reminder, this is a quarterly update to kind of give you, you know, to show you the internal efforts to address the recommendations that came from the last development customer survey. And I wanted to give you a brief update on those many customer satisfaction surveys. I went live back in October for. Just as a reminder, these were just small surveys that were implemented at various stages of the development process.

That way, we could get more real time live feedback from our customers. And since we went live in October, so it's been about four months. We got a total of 33 responses, was an average rating of 4.67 stars. If you remember, I always keep the little view of the, survey there so you can kind of see it's only two questions, and one of them you don't even really have to answer. But I do like to highlight we got several comments. So I always like to kind of shout out some of the comments that we get. The one that I really liked, it was permit submittal process is efficient and simple. It was the best municipal portal I've used. A lot of comments talked about how efficient we are, that we're very helpful. So I kind of like to show that because it really gives a really good picture of, you know, how hard our staff work. And just some other updates. Like I said earlier, the Development Services Advisory Commission is continuing to work and kind of go through some of these points of our development process and, see if there's any like pain points or anything that we can, you know, kind of adjust or refine. Just an update on the development map. Staff is continuing to look at different ways to display current development data to the community in a more digestible format. We're continuing to meet with internal external stakeholders to kind of test this, draft dashboard, but the team really anticipates presenting a final product to an upcoming joint conceptual workshop. And then lastly, just an update, staff is actually in the process of developing a comprehensive communication strategy, around growth. This is really going to focus on educating the public on the city's efforts to manage this well, our well planned high quality growth, while also trying to maintain the necessary investments in our infrastructure. I just wanted to give that update. We're still in the very early draft process, but it will be finalized and presented at a later date. With that, I'm happy to answer any questions.

Alton Brown. Great job. One of the things I like about what the commission is doing all the services is, you know, we do have a very predictable process, and the people who sit on that commission say all the time that it is one of the best processes of the city, that they work in all the time. And what I like is that, you sort of pivoted a little bit and this map that's coming, I think you're going to love some of the stuff that they're working on, because it's not just continually trying to refine the process, which we're still doing, but it's trying to communicate the process. So I think a lot of people, it's not that the process doesn't work, but they just don't understand it or they don't know it, or they're entering it for the first time or that kind of a thing. And so I think this new development maps that they're creating, I got a little bit of a sneak peek and it's, it's, I think there's some really cool stuff that's going to come in front of the board. It's going to be it's going to be pretty great. So it's really exciting. I like that there's there's sort of two views that the commission's taking. It's let's continue to look at the process and refine it. And you know appreciate Walter now is on that commission and sort of looking at that, but then also looking at, how do we communicate better with the people who engage in the services that we have? So anyway, good job. Anybody else? Holden Potts. Thanks, sir. First great presentation. Really enjoyed it. And also great feedback. There as you wrapped up on the communication committee. Excuse me, on the growth communication strategy. I would ask that if there is a way where you can actually have a column with word numbers on it. Because a lot of people would just want to go in and say, I. Represent Ward three. Let me just see what everything that's going on in. Ward three right now. And it's a quick, easy way for them to look at some projects. So I would consider having that as a filter as well. So that. Okay. Anybody else alderman Caesar. Questions one is around the new road impact fees and some of the new fees. When should we start to expect to see those hitting the dashboards? And then the second question is, while I appreciate the 4.67

and that all of the glowing responses, were there any areas of improvement that were identified in the responses to the feedbacks? So first, with the road impact fees, those that new structure went live July 1st of 2025. So the back half of the calendar year, we saw those, those changes. But I do want to note that since this is at the building permit stage, the project that you're seeing coming like to the permit stage at this point are all grandfathered projects. So, we saw that 5% increase, from the, the former structure. So as we continue through the next couple of years, we're going to start seeing projects that are not that are on the non entitled or the entitled after July 1st of 2025. In the next couple of years, we'll start seeing more of those projects come through the permitting stage. But for right now and probably for a good portion of 2026, we're going to see more of those grandfathered projects. As for road impact. Fees to probably not until 27 that we actually see it. Okay. And then the other question was areas for improvement that may have been identified. So at least somebody didn't give us A52. Score for. You are correct. So the comment section is optional. We don't require that. Anybody answer that whenever they give their star rating. What I can tell you is that we are not seeing any, overarching themes come out of this. Some people, they don't they may leave a comment, but it doesn't put anything direct in there or anything very substantive. But at this time, I'm not seeing personally any overarching theme that's coming out of that. Honestly, all but two of the comments were overwhelmingly positive, and I would say we've gotten maybe 12 comments so far out of 33 responses. Good questions, Alderman Berger.

Oh. I'm sure I'd love to say 2025 Housing and Construction values. What is included in construction values? So it is I believe it is based off of the, the building code book. It is like it's a list of the construction value. So it's actually like the cost to build that development. So it is based off of a chart that staff has, and it gets updated regularly. But Tom may want to come in and help. That's been anything else. Unfortunately, I'm not a building inspector. Neither am I. I'm building neighbor services. Construction value for nonresidential every year, generally in February, actually, the International Code Council publishes a, cost estimate for construction that's based on nationwide averages. And so we are a part of our application process. We require the applicants to provide their construction cost. But then our fee is based on the International Code Council's construction value. That is updated on an annual basis. It's sometimes interesting to see the difference. All right. Are you listening here? The values are the fees paid. These are the construct. So these are the construction values that are provided by the applicant okay. Yes. So that is if I look at residential you're seeing 270,009 37 million, 8,000,000 million I mean I'm sorry. So it's a lot of numbers. Yeah. So 278 million plus whatever. And, so is that the construction value of the entire development? This is so this is the construction value of every single residential permit that we issued in 2025. So every single, single, single family home combined. Okay, good. Well, thanks for that explanation.

I was just pretty sure it was covering all that. And I wasn't sure. If I could make the next is event permit for Main Street Festival on April 25th 26, 2026. Any questions? Item five is amendment one to City of Franklin. Contract 2020 3-0236 with Hazen Sawyer for additional work from the Cost of Service study and Dynamic Rate Analysis. Hi there. So this is, this amendment got a little bit lost in my queue of getting things done. So this is the work that was performed 20, 24 or 23 or early 2025. I'm sorry. That's what I was. So if you remember, we had Fernando come back a lot, to kind of do some additional financial analysis a lot more times than we had initially scoped. And so this is just the. Rest of this is just billing for that rest of that work. So I didn't have the amendment timely because things were evolving so quickly. And we had everything was going so fast and I didn't want to lose momentum. So that was that's hence that's the delay. So this is on both agenda. So I can actually pay them. I can pay the consultant. And how about City of Franklin contract 2020 5-054. Oh so this one is with NHC Optima. This is a new development. That's on 2000 Aspen. Way. So as our. Water management inspector was doing the final walkthrough of that building, noticed that the Hvac condensate line is tied into the sewer, which is a violation of our municipal code. But the municipal code also states that the director can make kind of provisions to handle kind of you know, be creative and solutions for that. So we worked with the developer to come up with a plan, of adding a 9500 gallons per month surcharge on top of. Their sewer bill to account for that. Additional flow. So it's not something we would normally do,

but I think this is a pretty, you know, because they were kind of forthright and telling us, I feel like this is a good compromise. This is not a $9,500 like charge. This would be added on to. Their already flow. So because our sewer is. Volumetric, it would be whatever. It's not a flat fee is I guess is what I'm trying to say. It's more of a usage that's tapped on top of what they already use. So we'll get a appropriate rate on top of that. So I talked with Jessica's team, with billing and licensing, and we're going to get this incorporated on to their monthly bill. So we've got all that in the works as well. Any questions. All right. Item seven. Thank you. Item seven is consideration resolution 2026 dash. Oh nine resolution. Affirm reaffirming cooperative growth planning and Williamson county and opposing Williamson County Commission's proposed big government overregulation on property owners within the urban growth boundary. Alderman Baggett, Vice Mayor Baggett. Yeah, well. I suppose I can. I won't read it again. So you're welcome. Yeah. And it speaks for itself. I think no changes from when it was read. I'm looking forward to, joining with the other municipalities who have already passed, very similar text. Eerily similar and happily similar, to the language that we led the way with. And, I think there's been good conversation. I'm sure you all have had that, with commissioners and staff is likely had with this county and other municipal staff. And I think there's a real move to, get this right.

And, I think our message is been heard, and there's a lot of good work to do moving forward. But it is important, I think, that we pass something along with our fellow municipalities who are, doing so so that we can make our voices heard, and how the planning work that we do with YouTube and that we do with, all the work we do for planning, for infrastructure, is not, derailed or, or, setback, but also acknowledging that there are things that need to be improved, like communication between the county and the cities and a variety of things. And, instead of, unilaterally passing a or a resolution at the county the way we should have had that conversation first. So that's what this is saying. And again, language very similar to the other cities and municipalities are passing as well. I think Thompson Station is reviewing. There's this evening as well. And Spring Hill has passed. There's Briarwood is. First, I think theirs is in early March. Their first meeting in March with the although considered they've talked about it at their work session but they'll vote in March to they're making the rules and it's very similar as well. Thank you all Peterson come in. Part of it is, Further resolved that the city of Franklin calls upon Williamson County Commission and other municipalities within the county to convene. That means meet together, right. So I had a about a two hour meeting with, Commissioner Petty on Friday. We discussed this because I do think there's it does say convene. I think there is a lot of misunderstanding from,

our, our county commissioners and quite frankly, our aldermen on what the concerns are that they have regarding expenses and budget and quality of life and growth in the county and vice versa. They may not understand, you know, why we have a YouTube, why it's important for us to plan and not have uncertainty for infrastructure. So in some fashion and I have, communicated to the city administrator some of the notes from our time together, but it's very, very good. And I think we will I don't know what that looks like or whether it's ever been done. I don't know what the outcome would be, but what I can tell you is that we're not if we don't convene and talk or if we don't can communicate or have some sort of formalized way to discuss this, that we're going to continue to get bad ideas, that that hurt each other. And, and that means bad ideas from our side and bad ideas from the county that aren't really getting us pulling in the same direction. So I don't know that the the language convene is holding us or anything. This is just us collectively saying that this is what we'd like to do. You can strike that if you'd like, if you don't want to get together with them. But I do think that's just vocalizing the, the, the desire for collaboration. Over and play. Wait. Sorry. Yeah. I actually didn't used to convene together. We would do for us together. And all of us be together under one roof. Maybe not with the other municipalities, but there was a concerted effort for us to have social gatherings that were public, with the other elected body, with the county. Maybe that's something we need to try to figure out a way to do moving forward. I'm not serving the vision. Yeah, I'll serve it. I'm not good. Yeah. Anybody else? Well, I, this gives me a little bit of a heartburn, quite honestly, because,

in my role as mayor, I've never experienced anything quite like, what came from the county commissioner, who brought this up, who attended multiple meetings and never mentioned anything. But also on the other side, we have constant dialog with Mayor Anderson's office, but, you know, rarely I don't think there's been a single county commission contact me any about any of this. But to me, it's a little bit of an overkill. You know, I think we both said our piece at the county commission and said we thought it was wrong, and said our word. I think we've communicated with our, state elected officials also, who, I think, probably don't want to be in the middle of a fray between the county and the city. I think certainly there can be, joint efforts. And there have been joint efforts that have been occurring on a regular basis. Staff meets regularly with county staff to talk about many things. There's many joint projects that we've done together. So I don't want the public to think that we have a war going on with the county commission. We've worked very cooperatively with the county for many, many years, in a very effective style. So, I think, you know, I think back to the passage of the urban growth boundary, the two years that we spent developing the urban growth boundary with every city in the county. And the final conclusion was that there had to be a interlocal agreement between each city and the county. So where was the problem? There? I'm not saying we don't have problems. We need more communication.

And I think that definitely is something that needs to happen. So, You know, we have the growth Committee, which was the original committee that did the urban growth boundary. And we're identifying subjects that we're going to have personally. Cindy, we've had, one presentation from former, T-Dot, Commissioner Paul Diggs. But all the cities are represented there. Mayor Anderson is part of that. And it's a public meeting. So I think that's still a good group to convene because you all have all the cities represented. And I think some of those things that you put in your email to, to me and Eric today are, are all things that we need to consider, as we work in that urban, I mean, the growth Committee, and maybe we need to make it more robust. I don't know, I'm willing to explore those things. And I appreciate that. And I think that what this resolution is saying, that again, number one, the other city, other cities are passing a formal communication that this is just we do not agree with that. The county is resolution number one. Two, the our state representatives are waiting for to receive these resolutions from all the cities formally saying that we do not agree with that resolution and not just like, you know, it's something for a couple of us to call and sit and vocalize. But having this formalized is important to them in the decisions that they decide to make. So, and this is not calling for something new. To your point, I think you're exactly right.

I think the framework is there, and you've been leading on that. I think, that's why we do it. We just need to we're calling for the county to use those and for the cities us to use those, in the way that the county has expressed that they desire to have that kind of information sharing in different ways. We don't know what those ways are necessary because like we just said, we've. Well, I think we do it and know what those issues are so that they can come up. And I would, definitely agree with that. And I don't mind communicating something to our General Assembly. I just don't want the public to think that we're at war with the county commission. We're not at war with the county. We're not. We work very well with the county. We work very well, Mayor Anderson. So? So I don't want to catch that spell that there's something nefarious going on behind the scenes with them. And so, Alderman Burke. I couldn't agree more. And I think that, we've worked very hard, and the people before us worked very hard. Many, many years. We've known a lot of people gone on to state government that used to serve here and county commission and, and our, our board. And, we're not about to change that. I think our board and I think generally, most of the people, if not all, maybe, maybe not all, I can't speak for them. But on the county commission desire that same kind of thing. Good relationship. We're, I was appointed by governor Lee to sit on the, Local Government Planning Advisory Commission, and we do approve the GBS all over the state. And I learned a lot by being on that commission, that our our job, our documents that we did the six cities in our county came to, to us and, and I was very proud to sit there and have the rest of the commission

say, this is one of the best plans we've ever read. And I'm like, I was very happy about that. And, I just want to say something because I think someone mentioned that maybe they don't understand some people, maybe some commissioners understand what the urban growth boundary, why it was a reestablishment. And years ago I studied this and, got right after I got elected in 2006, I think it was that I went to, some seminars and classes to understand urban growth, boundaries and economic development and all of that. I just want to read something really brief. Urban growth boundaries, usually base, were established to curb urban sprawl, protect our our our culture, agriculture, land and open spaces, and promote efficient, high density developments by designating specific long term, 20 and 30 year growth areas their aim to reduce infrastructure costs, minimize commuting, and curb the encroachment of urban development into the rural areas, and urban growth boundaries also were established in order to give cities the ability to grow and prosper and be healthy. So I would hope that our commission and all the other aldermen and commissioners of the other six cities also understand why urban growth boundaries were given, to cities, to function within. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Thank you, Alderman Brown. The final comment kind of to yours. You know, we do have a history of working together, but I think the thing that took me a back on this was, if you recall, right at the end of the year, we were talking about our annexation calendar or calculator. And one of the things that I had asked for and the commissioner was sitting in this room and I said, based on a conversation I had with him,

can we please add a component to our calculator that that contemplates what the impact on Williamson County Schools is? That, to me was collaboration. That was to me, hearing a concern from our commission and saying, hey, if we're going to do an annexation calculator, let's recognize that they have a concern and let's add that to our calculator and not but a month or two later, this lands in front of us to usurp that. That's not collaboration and that's not leadership. And that's what took me aback was I had a conversation with him. I heard that I thought we should probably heed that concern and let's take some action for it. He heard that conversation and thought, well, let's just leapfrog the city and go to the state. That's what that's what bothered me. And so I would hope in the future a little bit more leadership, a little bit more collaboration, a little less leapfrog. And I think it's one of those things that we complain about with our own General Assembly is that one issue in a small area of our state, leapfrogs to the state to make some new law. So something's happening in one little community. That's right. So all the theaters over the years. We have certainly worked with the county and and in fact, I guess with the other cities here, but but especially with the county, because, as I say, whenever these things like the, the urban growth boundaries, you know, was done, though there was a lot of work together on this. It wasn't just a like somebody in the county saying, okay, it's going to be this, this, this, this. Not at all. Not at all. And so, I think that we have we have worked together and I think that, we can still do that,

but but as I say, I remember, as I say, whenever we were doing the, the things like the urban growth boundaries and everything like that, there was a, there was working to get real question. And I think that the things that the county commission works on are quite different from the things that we work on. Sure. Sure. Yeah. Our, our big focus is public safety. And their focus is schools. Right. So much of their budget goes exactly. I applaud your efforts on this. I just wanted to make sure the community knows that we're not at war. We're just trying to work things out. Healthy families can disagree. Yep. Exactly. Anybody else? Alderman bland? Well, I like wasn't I like lot of them out about this. Right. But, what has bothered me is that, you know, I've lived in this community 50 years and we do work together, and that's why we're different. And that's why I appreciate you bringing to Light what you were saying. And it's unfortunate that as new people move in, they bring ideas and they get confused about what's worked. So well and why it's worked so well. And that's what's happening here. And we've historically worked together as a team, not just the county, but even as our Brentwood neighbors and road projects and Thompson station and being sensitive to their needs and annexation. And I think, as you're saying it, it was frustrating because it's like, where did this come from? And I think our state legislators know that it's just semantics that we have to fight through all the words and package so that everybody gets back on the same page. And hopefully this will slap the hands of any further mis, communication about how we have operated historically. And that's one of the things I'm most proud of.

So thank you, mayor, for bringing your reply. And I think all of our phone numbers are available. Our emails are available. My office is always open. Eric's house, this is always open. So. I know this room. So the take up, it's interesting because you do talk to people in the community all the time. And, you talked to a lot of new people and, you know, some people come in and they say one thing that concerns them. They go, wow, we went down that road and look what it did to our community. It ruined us. And that's why we left such and such a place. And I'm like, you know. I think when we talk to people, we are probably all say the same thing. Now take a look at the history, take a look at the history. Because, if you have a concern, bring it to your alderman, bring it to your commissioner, talk it out, but find out the history, because obviously we've done things right for all these years or you wouldn't have moved here. We wouldn't have something would not have attracted you to this place. So we've obviously been doing things right. I mean, we get everything right. Absolutely not. Does it mean the county, you know, struggles with, you know, some debt and and we are you know, they've got a lot on the schools. And we have all of our issues with the growth and the people coming here and infrastructure. I think we're all working very, very smartly and very, succinctly with each other, trying to get this to be done and to move on and, and address the issues that we have. But I would just say to people listening at home to that, if you see one thing that bothers you and you get panicked about it, come and talk to us, because there is history here. There's a lot of reasons why something is being done, and we don't always have to agree. There's reasons that we will see things

alike and and not see things like, and we will disagree. But I think generally the big things we always get right and if not, we wouldn't be the community where we are. Vice mayor. Now, since this is a work session, you know, to the to the mayors, mayor and alderman Blaine's point, maybe if we when we do vote on this, that could move to strike. Just like the title, a resolution reaffirming co-operative growth planning in Williamson County is the title and take off the the last part and we'll lead this with a positive. And that's how the if you read it, you will see a long list of positive, things about how we've worked together and collaborated and maybe that maybe that if it's the board feels feels good about that, then we will lead that be that. The hold, hold, hold off on this. And until we can do some other. We'll do some other significant. And there's just stuff in here. Well, you can make those motions on the floor, but, with our the fellow, our sister cities in, the county are passing these. And so we need to much of the same texts, but that makes it the title more collaborative conversation. Thank you. I appreciate sorry. Oh we good okay. I appreciate the conversation that's gone on here. What I hear is, number one, a cry for education out of ignorance. Right. And perhaps we went nuclear without even maybe reaching across the desk. And this is an opportunity for us to inform others and to bring them in and to educate. And I think, Patrick, to your credit, as you've said tonight, you've done that with the author of this resolution. So kudos for extending a palm branch rather than a stick. And I think that's the way that our communities

have worked together for decades. And now I don't have the long standing history that some on this board do. But as a resident for nearly 20 years, I've watched good collaboration happen. The other piece that I would say, and the reason that I will support this resolution and I think, Patrick, kudos again to softening it because we don't necessarily need to call it what it is. But the last thing I want to do is to have 33 senators and 99 representatives make decisions that affect our local jurisdiction and our ability to to hear and make decisions on what is best for the folks that live in Franklin and in the surrounding communities. And so when I hear is a want for education and collaboration, and what I hope the audience hears from me is a distaste. For folks that are close. But very far away in Nashville, making decisions on what we can do with our land, in our community. But I made city Franklin contract 2020 6-0082 with the Energy Source partners and West Bank oh Bank for collateral assignment of solar silver lease. Andrew. So this is a item we're bringing to you. Several years ago, we entered into a public private partnership for a solar power generating facility generates I think it's a 1.5MW facility. And, there's some financing that our partner is doing. It involves there's some commitments here. And we wanted to bring you up to date at our team. Shauna and Andrew have worked closely with, Energy Source Partners, our partner in this, to to work through that and protect the city's interest, but also allow them to to do what they need to do to to keep things moving forward and from their perspective. So we'll walk you through that. And, answer any questions you might have. So Shauna and Andrew take it away. Great. Just a quick refresher. Good evening, mayor and alderman. In December of 2024.

So 14 months ago, the Beaumont approved a contract amendment that will expand the current 200 kilowatt solar array at the city's water reclamation facility. And under that agreement, the city leases 4.2 acres to Energy Source Partners, and they will install up to 1.5MW of solar capacity and also flow batteries that will store power and be directly used for plant operations. No site work has commenced to date, and Energy Source Partners has until December of 2027 to complete the project under the amended contract. Ron Marvel of Energy Source Partners and his attorney, Jim Porter, are also here tonight, and Shauna can also provide some additional information on the collateral agreement. So because the property or the the, what will be soon, their installed property is located on our actual real estate property. We have to be a party to what's. Called the collateral agreement. And as I looked at it and as. We've. Negotiated, as you probably remember, at some point we will eventually have ownership of the solar panels. It's a long time out into the future, but we but eventually we will. And so we wanted to make sure that if there's some sort of default, two things happen. One, we get the. First right of refusal. If we want to purchase it. And so the bank, who is also a party to this agreement. Agreed. But also because it's on public. Property. The bank can't find a tenant without us being involved. So, if that were to happen, it would mostly it. And if we didn't want to, to exercise our right of first refusal, the. Equipment will. Probably have to most likely be have to. Be removed. Unless we somehow enter. Into an agreement with their. Bank and then find our own, party. Hopefully none of this would ever happen. But it's my job is always to think about the worst.

Case scenario and make sure you're put in the best, position. Possible. So I think, I'm happy with the agreement. I. Though all the parties are happy with the. Agreement, but we do have, representatives here if you want to hear from them as well. Alderman Brown. Can I suggest, is there a is there a chance that way in the future, when this equipment becomes ours, it's so outdated that we've now taken on a field full of equipment that we just have to get rid of. So, like, is that. I mean, that's always. A possibility. Because it's so far out in the future that. It's 20 years. Right. And and over that time it progresses, you get a greater share of what it generates from a revenue standpoint. And, you know, your your ownership component expands over, over that time period. So it's it's a linear progression. It's not A00 one's at the end. We own something that may be outdated. And if you look at our progress on this, this is something we've been doing for 13 years. So there has been updates that have happened in the context of this private public private partnership. So I think that's the spirit we would continue to look at is what are the opportunities. How do we do something that's beneficial to us, beneficial to our partner? This has been integrated into the kind of the sustainability philosophy of our water reclamation facility as well, because we're we're generating gas that helps us. But we also have this component, that can can service as well. So it's a great point. We'll keep an eye on it. But I think we've shown that we've we've adapted over the last 13 plus years. And we'll continue to do that. I'll refer to I understand billing commission. And one of the things I've always said, I don't want our commission doing anything that's not going to reap the benefits in the future. In other words, if are we actually spending more money, then we're going to get back. Are we? Are we?

Doing programs or unnecessary things that really are not going to be the best benefit for us? This is a better benefit. It will continue to be a benefit. We're not talking windmills here. Thank God. We're talking solar panels that are actually working and benefiting the city. So I'm glad that you were very diligent with that, contract because, we just need you. Do you need to look at the worst case scenario, but that's going to be a rarity if that ever happens. And I think we're going we've been doing really well and our commission has been looking into this and studying it. So, we're all in support of it. Right? And this is worst case scenario. And it only gives you. The option to consider. You don't have to do anything. Yeah, sure. You. Look, you all right? Thanks. Thank you. Sir. Had a question beyond the scope of what's listed right here. Right now we're talking about 135. Claude Yates Drive. Have we considered. The future southeastern water. Reclamation. Site as far as a similar agreement or have we had. Any discussions regarding that. Plant? As far as how we're. Operating this one for energy? Not at this stage. It's a different layout and plan there. We'd have to look at that. But we have a three phased implementation out there for, you know, three, 6 million gallons a day treatment, treatment trains, if you will. So it's a little different situation. This is land we cannot use for any other purpose. So we want to have flexibility on how we lay out. The phases of that plant. Not that we couldn't consider it, but it's it's not quite the same situation. Where we have land, we can use really very little else. So this has made that productive and fits in with that. If that opportunity presents itself, we'll certainly look at it.

But we have a we have a, clean water plant surrounded by a very active park. And we want to make the most use of that open space that we can, and we'll look to see what the best opportunity is with the phasing of that, of that, of that plant. We just have to see that at that timing would be it would need to be honored in terms of what we think we'll need when with the three phases, we'll plan out. So but and that's why we're open to it. But I don't I don't it's not quite the same situation. Absolutely. And that's why I. Ask is just to keep. That option on the table, especially the land that can't be used. Directly along the interstate. Yeah. Mr. Murphy has been a good partner, and, I'm sure he's always looking at some of the laws of change and some of the, know some of the incentives have changed. Thank you. Andrew. Okay. Capital investment plan, quarterly update. So we'll have our, further engineering and budget and performance team come forward. One of the things we talked about last year was opportunities to continue to improve our process around capital investment, both planning and implementation. And one of those elements is to bring back to the full board on a regular basis, updates on our progress and, that the overall status of our capital investment program to the board and to the community. So we're doing our first such quarterly update to the full board. And we'll also talk a little more about some other process improvements at the end of this presentation. And I'll chime in there as well. But, we have Michael, Chris Franklin and Paul Holsten with us to present tonight. So take it away. Good evening, Mr. Mayor. Members of the board. My name is Michael Walters. Young, your chief budget performance officer. This is the first quarterly update of the fiscal 26 through fiscal 35 capital and investment plan.

Our goal is to come to you, wait for it every three months, and give you updates and sort of where we are. This one's going to be a little longer than some of the other ones will this year, simply because we're going to do sort of a review. So I will give the update in terms of completed projects called, we'll do the ongoing projects and then the road ahead for, sort of process improvements that we've made will be split between Mr. Franklin and myself. It's I'm good. Sorry. So to look backwards, my late father was a historian. Said you always had to know where you were, to know where you were going. So if we look at completed projects 2020 through 2024, there were 14 projects completed, totaling $57.8 million in public investment. There were five parks and recreation projects for transportation projects, for general services projects. Those would be, you know, things like fire stations, etc.. And then two stormwater projects was included in that, sort of five year window of the past. We completed four projects in 2025, totaling over $21 million. Many of these were on the books for just a little bit of time. Starting with Bicentennial Park original scoping beginning around 2001. So it took a while. But we are very, very happy that on June 18th we were able to have the formal ribbon cutting. I know, Lisa smiling behind me. You can see that the budget, final budget that was appropriated was $11.71 million. Total spent was approximately $1 million less than that. As you know, Bicentennial has, ten acres, open air pavilion, 57 parking spaces, trails, public plaza, picnic areas, and a stage for small community performances or movies in the park.

And that is a cash funded project, correct. And you will note in the previous slide. You'll note in this slide that the cash amount. So all three are cash. Parkland dedication was direct cash city facilities was cash. But the cash cash is general fund cash that was transferred into the capital project funds. Now why is that important. That difference of $1 million there has remained in the Capital Projects Fund. And it's just something that we take into account when looking at the financing model, because it's $1 million that has already been appropriated and it's available to be used for cash funding in other projects. Okay. So as you see differences, we always default to the general fund cash being what's in the balance of that funding available. Because it's the most malleable and can be used for any project. But the city facilities can only be used for certain things. Parkland can only be used for certain things, etc., etc.. We also completed the main barn at Highland Sale. This had a budget of around $4 million. We spent about 3.3. The project is complete. It includes, of course, the fully renovated barn, kitchen facility, Ada improvements, the restoration of Mr. Harlan's office, as well as fire suppression and storage space. We completed the bundled bridges construction and rehabilitation project. There's an error in that slide. It should say 2025 completion in that 2023. This was sort of an evolving project. We had identified individual bridges. And when we got down to it, for the purposes of reporting back to all of you, we summed them up in these five. So bridge widening of West Main Street, Pratt Lane Bridge demolition

and reconstruction, Spencer Creek Road removal and box culvert construction, Baker's Bridge Avenue repairs, and Mallory Lane bridge repairs. Budget was approximately 3.8 million. We spent approximately 3.3 million, and finally Jordan Road from Aspen Grove to Mallory Lane, this, reconstructed Jordan Road in Cool Springs to the city standard of a two lane street with curb and gutter sidewalks, bike lanes, and street lighting. This was done, advanced ahead of time and thus we actually were able to give the contractor a $100,000 incentive, which we were very happy to do because we wanted projects done, if at worst, on time, certainly ahead of time. So with that being said, I will turn it over to Paul for the ongoing project. Great. All right. Thank you, Michael. And what you're seeing here is, the CIP scorecard that budget performance puts together. So as we continue to progress quarterly reports, we're going to continue to try to push these projects over to that completed phase as fast, quickly and efficiently as we can. And so a few highlights from that is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the home raising project. The budget was about $10.5 million and we spent 3.5 million. Today we have five remaining houses in the program. Three are under construction. Two of them are still in the contract planning stage. And it is now a closed program according to estimates from the US Army Corps of Engineers and the contractors. This is anticipated to come in under budget, and they would then return some funding to us. New city hall. Obviously it's under construction right now. The parking structure of the basement foundation is complete. Working on that first floor elevated slab. In by March of 2026, we should have that guaranteed maximum price with a completion date.

For fall of 2027. With that total budget of $102 million. The Pearl phase one. Right now, we're still working on heavy site grading is continuing. We're recently bringing on a new civil contractor, which should help us to expedite the infrastructure portion of it. There's approximately two years left, in construction. And so that's that. So far, so good. With this new civil construction company that's coming on. Should help us, speed this project up and keep it on track. So estimated, completion date is 2028. So is that part of the contract with the original, contract? Yeah. Reeves young is our general contractor. They've recently made some changes to some of their trade partners to try to expedite the project. It wasn't going as fast as we would like it, or they would like it. And so now they're bringing on a new civil contractor to help finish that job. So thumbs up for them to taking that extra step. But while for the public private, I think it'd be great for them to know that private is friends of Franklin Park's commitment to this project. Yes. Thank you. Robert. Could be confusing. Like, wait a minute. What is. That? Yeah. So there is a private investment, $1.5 million for the inclusive playground from Friends of Franklin Park. Mr. McEwen, for, I continue to get compliments from the residents, which doesn't always happen. Vulcan materials is doing a great job out there. We're still in the phase one utility relocation, and they're doing heavy grading operations, working to build a temporary road so that we can shift traffic. And then they're also working on the westbound lanes so that after that we can shift traffic. So there's three phases of utility relocation so that we can get this project open. Again, Vulcan Materials is doing a great job. We did just receive an additional approximately

$1.5 million of Tab funding. So a contract will be coming forward to modify that. And we're continuing to pursue the additional funding necessary, through the, Nashville area MPO. And so hopefully once they adopt the regional traffic transportation plan, we're hopeful that in the tip, we can get some additional funding. I think that's in March will prove that. Yes, sir. I believe that will be a march is what I'm told. I just want to say, Michael, I yes, you're absolutely correct. The, residents have been extremely complimentary. That company Vulcan has been amazing. They have answered people when they called it actually called Vulcan. They called me. I've called them. I've called you all the responses like this? Yes. Unbelievable. It's been a great partnership. I was ready for the hold on. Okay. And it's like getting slapped around a lot and it's not happened. It's been really good. And I think that's a compliment for the company and your staff. Thank you. Because you guys have done a great job in that. Moving on to the Lewisburg sidewalk, I was hoping to finalize, right away with CSX in October, and we're now in February, so we're continuing to try to finalize that right away. We've got them to agree to a price in the easement they've agreed to. We just need them to sign that paperwork. So we're in the process now of getting it to bid. As we finalize the documentation with CSX, we're going to parallel it with the bidding process so that, we can go to construction as soon as possible. Hopefully the spring time. I'm being optimistic that we'll be able to get that signed. 4.1 million is an estimate, and it's about a year project. I will warn you that we are going to have to close this section of Lewisburg again. For about eight months to a year. We haven't made a determination on that. And that's just

with the number of utilities that were relocating and boring under the CSX tracks, it just there's no other way to construct it without major, major impacts. Was was, moving on to Liberty Park. You'll notice that we have broken this up into three different phases. The budget was $11.6 million. We're moving forward, bidding the bridge replacement this year. Hopefully within the next month. That's out the bid. We're also, bidding out the irrigation replacement, and then we're still making a few tweaks to the overall park master plan. And so that would follow up after the bridge project and the irrigation and anticipated completion would be 2028. And the changes we're making is to incorporate, some pickleball courts that were to be in a later phase, which is basically what we're looking at. Revising is incorporating pickleball courts into this initial phase of construction. Where where does the pavilion come in? Under the pavilion as part of the first phase? The batting facility is part of that first phase. We would add the pickleball as well to that. Old Painesville Road and Long Lane Bridge connector. Right now, we're in the process of procuring the right of way acquisition services and appraisal services. So those contracts over the next 2 to 3 months will be coming forward. I'm going to say it's a year and a half to two years of right of way acquisition, with condemnation being, you know, generally what takes a little bit of extra time. So the other thing is what we what we've been struggling with right now is trying to get the utility sorted out. So before we go out and acquire right away, we're continuously working with our utility partners to identify easements and impacts so that when we do that to the property owners, it's well coordinated and we only have to go to a one time. It's McEwen phase five. We're actively purchasing right away.

The city has, three property owners, multiple tracts, more than that, that we're acquiring. All offers have been made. We anticipate Brentwood giving us the notice to proceed to go into construction as phase four is completed. I believe the city's portion of it's about 40% of the cost in Brentwood is paying that other portion of, the project in Brentwood is also actively purchasing right away. So we have an anticipated completion date of 2030. But again, a lot of that is dependent on when Brentwood tells us to proceed with the project. So this is. Great for. Dramatic. Thank you. How far does that go that that extension that phase. So initially it stopped at the city limits of Franklin. What Brentwood requested was to extend that project to the Williamson County line so that they could complete their entire section of McEwen. And then from that point, it would go from Williamson County further east. But we don't know how far they're going to go. They're going to go to their city limits. But they. Are. Still completed. And I can't remember the name of the subdivision or the road there. That would Law Road. Connect them up to supply the whole. Road. Yeah. Okay. Thanks. So this is a long list of projects that we have in design right now. And I'll just highlight a few. Tonight you'll be approving a contract for Franklin Road Improvements, from Mac Hatcher to Mallory Station. Again. With that project, we're looking at 2 or 3 different options. The survey is moving forward. First with a traffic analysis. We will bring that traffic analysis back to you for consideration. With a refined budget, we're already starting the utility coordination. Some of these houses are on septic systems. So we're coordinating the septic systems and trying to identify impacts that we may or may not have on it. And so that one's moving forward.

Also tonight you'll be seeing Painesville Road and Goose Creek contract moving forward into the design phase. And we're working on bringing forward a contract for board Mill Avenue. It's essentially being drafted now, the scope of services in the next when we're going to negotiate is Eddie Lane. And those are some of the newer transportation projects that you've added that we're getting contracts under place to move forward for, additional discussions. I'll add on that both Boyd Mill and Eddie Lane are examples where there's multiple project options that we'll be discussing with you after some additional design work is done. What we have carried in the capital investment program is what we judged to be the most expensive option. So you may have some opportunities to to bring those costs down if you like. Some of the other options. I think those are a better fit. But we've carried kind of the worst case scenario, if you will, from a funding financing standpoint, but you'll have some decisions to make about those probably roughly by the end of the year. Is that sound right, Paul? Yes. I don't want to. Yeah. No, that. Should be part of that. But something like that will be when you'll get to make those decisions. And that may free up a little more capacity in the, in the in the plan if you identify some some lower cost options that will present to you. Yep. The other thing I just wanted to mention about the CIP overall, just to remind us all, it's a ten year plan. It's about $458 million. What you have done with that is a, I think, a very solid, fiscally constrained, fiscally conservative approach. 70% of this ten year CIP is funded with cash resources. Only 30% relies on debt. General obligation debt. So you're using debt very strategically to help you get, a wider range and a wider reaching projects done. But you're not overly dependent on it. We we've heard those concerns and discussions in the community more broadly. But I mean, I a sip of this magnitude

with that little debt is pretty amazing. I guess that's part of why we have a double, triple AA, because we do that kind of planning. But that's really important. And I think sometimes everything gets lumped together in the minds of the public sometimes. But this plan, I think we all should be very proud of in terms of how fiscally constrained it is, how conservative it's it's it's built on. And our team, as you can see, is very much focused on delivering on these projects. Just another two other quick highlights on design is Hillsboro to Mac Hatcher. The survey is complete. We're initiating design. I'm hopeful that we're going to bid this year. There shouldn't be any right away acquisition. We know that's a big impact project that can help a lot of people. So the consultant is explaining the best they can. And then also Royal Oaks and Mac Hatcher. We're going to try to expedite that project as well in conjunction with T-Dot doing a resurfacing project. Moving on to our projects, obviously, we have. To ask you a question. If I could, before you go on to that. Yes, sir. The bottom four projects there are sidewalk and trail projects. Do you have to have the design before you could try to find grants for them? Ideally, yes. You had the Nepa done and the design completed, and you'll be applying for grants. And so the first one, we're really focused on is the Mac Hatcher Multi-Purpose trail. We've actually already submitted that for Tab funding. We submitted that in McEwen. So I was being a little greedy asking for two projects instead of one. They told me we could only get one. And so we will probably resubmit that. The Nepa is underway. We're also pushing the Lewisburg project. So there's once we get the first phase moving, we'll start submitting on the Lewisburg multi-use trails for that next phase of Lewisburg to try to secure tap in federal funding. And that's the other place. The board, you directed us to do some design work so that we could be at the ready to take advantage of grant opportunities. So that's what that represents. We're getting those ready so that we can compete and get pulled down

some state dollars to deliver on them. So we designed a number of them and looking to be opportunistic with grants. So I think you see that taking shape now. Yep. Moving on. Some other important projects that she does managing is obviously the Mac Hatcher, southeast quadrant. We've had a few initial meetings with T-Dot. We're at the point now where we're working on depositing our portion of the funding. We're not going to deposit $50 million. We're going to deposit slowly as they need it and as we move forward. And we've been working with the budget and performance team and finance department to coordinate that with T-Dot. But they've already started their internal kickoff meetings to try to do that. Essentially, there's still a $25 million shortfall. We're pursuing federal funding, trying to get there, trying to fill that. We're encouraging T-Dot to try to fill that. But the way the contract is structured is if there's not that additional $25 million, we would extend the project as far as possible, which would resolve the majority of the problem. And we're also going to look at how we can value engineer the project and potentially tap funding for the multi-use trail. There's there's some options out there that we'll continue to look at. And we'll also continue to pursue funding through the MPO, as well as working with the state on funding opportunities to. So we had a very productive meeting with them about two weeks ago, a little less than two weeks ago, very much on the same page in terms of maximizing the opportunity. They seem very open to the opportunity to move it up earlier in the ten year plan, if that, that presents itself. So we definitely planted those seeds and they were receptive. Again, depending on how other projects across the state, take shape. And I would just remind us, we are one of only nine partnership projects across the entire state of Tennessee that got funded by T-Dot. So, we stepped up. We wanted to get more than we got, but we got something, in a very, very

limited, scope in terms of the partnership opportunities across the state. We were one of nine. So that's that's a big positive for us that we've gotten that to move forward. And then we have our two bridge replacement projects that T-Dot is overseeing. I'll take you State Route six or Franklin Road East Main Street, that is actually scheduled to start construction this summer. We have been working with the impacted businesses and owners to try to do everything we can to accommodate them. We're going to make about $1 million contribution for project enhancements, which are essentially pedestrian separators, form liners, street lighting that's decorative and enhanced. And so we're we'll bring forward that contract here shortly. But that project scheduled to happen, luckily they're going to maintain two lanes open at all time. They'll be ten foot lanes. But it will prohibit truck traffic from coming down Franklin Road and East Main Street. So they've been great to work with. And they're moving forward. And they're pushing a bid. That project. Vice mayor I think the vice mayor has got a question there. You see more trucks. On the, are on the, Southeast. So I would say on that just if we don't get I mean, take the multis trail off. I hate to say it, we don't want that. But, like, we if we have, like, value engineer it, do whatever we gotta do to get the road down. That's further down on the priority list. We're going to try to get the funding in place to do the whole project the right way. But we will, you know, if we have to look at value engineering, that's certainly what we'll do. But that's our first priority is to get dollars from the MPO, get dollars from the state, do the project to its fullest degree. But if we have to, we'll look at it. The other question was we would. Design the trail. We just wouldn't construct it. Right? Yeah, exactly. Come back. State road, State Route 96 bridge in.

What is that? There's no dates on these. Is that just kind of out. There subject to t dot? I could tell you the State route sixes this summer. When they complete that project, they intend to move right over to 96 and do that project as well. But again, their plan is to maintain two lanes of traffic throughout the construction of that bridge. When you say right over, you mean like within the next like next year or like literally. I'm told they're going to finish one and hopefully be ready to start the other. One. Oh, wow. But it's totally subject to their. There's a lot of the more, you know, send email updates or updates in the next quarterly meeting. But like that's a big deal for obviously the whole you know, city. And we'll potentially have Lewisburg and Franklin Road under construction at the same time. So there's a lot going on. So Lewisburg will be shut down and then Franklin Road and then maybe Lewisburg and. Then 97. 96. Yeah. So it's constant. We're going to call it not the year of the horse but year of the cow. For sure. So with that said, I'm going to turn it over to Chris Franklin for the road hit. Okay. No one else. Chris Franklin, budget and performance. Thank you for having me. I'm excited to present my two favorite things numbers and transparency. So this is something. We've been working on in collaboration with. IT budget finance and engineering behind the scenes to create a dashboard so that you can see all the numbers, the projects, everything. It's really incredible. So I'm going to walk you through how to get there. Just those at home. Michael's mom watching. She can she can track it. So if you go to our website go to government. And then if you go to the to the engineering department, just click on that. You'll see on the main page you'll see the capital projects, which is a cone. The year of the cone is the mayor said. So we'll click into that. And this is all been revamped. This is all new. Within here we have essentially there's two links that you need to be aware of.

One is a Capital Projects dashboard. This is what Jonathan Marston and engineering and Andrew Southern and it have built it is a GIP dashboard. We'll click into it and it shows you all the current capital projects where they're located and gives you just like a little blurb. So if we click into we'll go to City Hall. If you go to City Hall, it'll give you a project. Overview of overview. And just a little bit of information. The cool thing is, if you click right here to project details, you will go to open gov, which is the software we used for budget. We were able to repurpose that to create a CIP dashboard. And inside of these are individual projects. And you can see there's a little bit more information about them. Some pictures. The coolest thing to me because I love numbers, is we were able to tie every expense to the individual project using the project codes. And within these you can go to these and click in and see every single expense to date, which I think that's incredibly transparent. Any, any citizen wants to see what's going on, how much we spent and go right here, check it out. If you go back to the page, the first link simply just takes you straight to open. Gov. Instead of going to see a GIS, you can just come straight here. You can look at completed projects and all the active projects. So we update this constantly as a new project comes in. We'll roll it in. We'll put it in the active part. As they're completed, we'll roll them over to the completed part. So this is a pretty cool thing we've been working on. That's all I got. Thank you guys. That is amazing. Well, well Chris is there. I want to make a mention. This is Chris's last meeting with us as a City of Franklin employee. He will be the new budget manager for the city of Brentwood. Oh, so his his new name is Chris Brentwood. I changed it when I came here because I came from Brentwood. I was Chris Brentwood, and I needed another job. So Chris Franklin is my name now. So I brought back Chris started with us as a management fellow four years ago, and he has been an outstanding team member.

He has stepped up in a lot of different ways. You see evidence of it today. But gosh, he helped us with the compression study and really came up with a great way to address some key areas that we'd struggle with for a long time, and just been there to step up and show his great analytical skills and being a great teammate. And so we're going to miss him. Brentwood gain our loss. But part of why we do the Management Fellow program is to take folks that want to enter into public service and want to serve at the local government level and do it really well. And so our team benefits and they they benefit. Chris came to us. You've been a park supervisor and in Brentwood, and he had gotten his MPA and he wanted to work in this room. And boy, did he show his stuff, and we're proud of him. I appreciate that. I just want to say this is the best group of people I've ever worked with. I mean, my fellow people. Were great too, but I got to work with more people, which I didn't get to do before. So I loved it across all departments, the whole city. Like great experience, great team members. So thank you. Guys. Join me in thanking Chris. You've got some of our other friends. Oh. So, sorry. Yeah, but it was funny. Tonight I'm standing here and you're talking and I'm like, I take it. So I over here took a picture of you and I said to your dad for. Yeah, I glad you, Chris. Because your dad is amazing. I learned a lot of it from him. I mean, I'm not quite as hyper as him. But I got some of that same. He gets the job. Yeah. He's our HOA president. And if we didn't have him that place, he and he and Camilla would fall apart. But, Yeah. It's amazing. I appreciate it. I learned everything from him. So. Yeah. So is that city now? Yeah, I still live here. I that's not that's not changing. I'm not moving around. Yeah thank you Chris thank okay. We're ready to go. No, we got more. We got one more slide.

Oh good. Just one more slide. All right. So I have. So I'm picking up on the accolades. We're a firm believer that you know good government anywhere is good governance everywhere. And we're very proud of the management fellowship program. We're proud of the people that we've produced. We're proud of all of our fellows current and, and the alums, and, and Chris will be hard to replace. There's no question about that. But I have deeply enjoyed working directly with the young man. And really, he was foundational to creating the new Office of Budget and Performance, which I have the honor of, of, leading every day. So, we're still working out an arrangement to see what Brentwood can, can give us in terms of cash considerations for the player being traded back. But, we'll try to work that into the May budget recommendation they're going to buy biosolids from. We're going to. Yeah. We're focused on the finer biosolids. So two things sort of updates as we go forward. Number one, with the decisions that you will continue to be sort of be presented by the end of this year, as well as the fact that we will be pricing bonds at 10:00 tomorrow morning, 10:00 tomorrow morning, we will have greater definition on what debt service we will actually owe and when we have to pay it. And so we'll be able to come back to you and revise the financial model, because it's assumptions we made. And we'll be able to give you more exact numbers as we do later quarterly updates. The second thing you requested of us was to begin work on a data driven scoring system for the evaluation of project. So that is in process, between engineering budget performance, we've researched scoring systems used by

GMAC and the other MPOs, sort of a sample scoring rubric, at least the items were in consideration. So we're looking at you have on the screen, this is not a comprehensive list. And what we're going to assign. But it would include things such as the, the state of the current asset. Does the project contributor enhance roadway safety? Does it ease congestion? Does it create or enhance economic opportunity? What is the impact? How long and where would it be in terms of neighborhoods and communities? And then does it align with our plans, envision Franklin, major thoroughfares, transit, master Plan, etc.? We're also looking at adding a regulatory, guidance, especially for water management projects. The impact of doing certain ones over another may very well. Be something that you would want to consider when you look at prioritizing, certainly larger scale, larger scope, projects. With that, we are happy to stand or sit for any additional questions. Mr. mayor, good job. Really good stuff. On this last slide, Michael showed you, our plan is to bring to you that scoring structure or that that evaluation structure so that before we go into the projects, we know upfront what you want to see and how you might want to evaluate those that will help us drive more data and information into projects. And as we refine them to as we get down to maybe a shorter short list, we can get even more data and options for you. So that's what we heard is feedback from you all. You wanted to see more, data driven components and, and ways to narrow your list and then digging, dig even deeper on what options and phasing might be available to you, so you can make the most of your ten year plan. Thank you, thank you. Next is, Boma request tracking system.

So we wanted to take some time to share with you a system we've been working on over the last year. Plus, Kim Bennett, who works as the executive assistant supporting the mayor and myself and our team, Andy Scarp, who's worked as our city recorder, have worked diligently on this over the last year. Plus, to come up with a more consistent plan for us to track, requests that come in from citizens and come in from the board itself. So we wanted to give you all kind of a level set on what we're doing and how it works. It's a great resource for you in terms of, tracking those requests that you get and our ability to follow up or track things that may take a certain amount of time to look at options or may rely on other other folks, not just the city, to to address a concern. And so this is what we wanted to share with you tonight. Just sort of a general overview. And Kim gets to do it. So she's usually, behind the scenes helping us all look good. She gets to do it tonight. So yes, thank you very much. So, just really quickly, like Erica said this, it's our tracking system that we're using over the past year, year and a half or so, we've completed over 108 different requests from you guys. We have about 18 active in the system right now. And then we have about 16 that are paused. So a pause means is. Basically the request is pretty much complete. But it might be something that's a little sensitive. Or we want to just keep an eye on it and make sure that no other issues arise over the next. You know, a few months. At the beginning of this year, I worked closely with Eric and Angie to kind of take over this process. So we wanted to kind of go over exactly what the process is moving forward. The, the goal of the process really is to just make sure that we can, address your concerns, that nothing falls through the cracks, but we're able to work with the correct departments to get these things addressed and then get them completed as fast as possible.

So first, what we would have you do is now that I'm taking over, you'll email either, both from Eric and myself to make sure that we get those requests. I'll reach out to you, make sure that I understand that we have this request, and I will work with the different departments to make sure that we get that request going down the pipeline to make sure that it can be complete, and that your questions can be answered. I'll work with staff. I'll update you as, updates come along. And then once that request is complete, I'll make sure that I reach out to you and Eric as well, to make sure that you understand. That we're completely done with the requests been addressed. And we're ready to go, move forward and move it into that completed bucket. One thing I do want to remind you guys about, too, is if you do receive a request from a citizen, but it's something small, you could always address them to go to the website, and they can send their request or their concern to, up on the website. And what that does is it takes it to the next, step, which it goes to the departments, and they'll do it in a timely manner. But if there's a request that needs a little bit more attention, or you want to make sure that you have the answer that you need, or that the request is complete and that you understand it's complete, you could send it to Eric and myself. And one of the things we've track how those responses go, and that generates directly work orders to our staff. And those are completed on average in less than three working days. Now, that includes things that might be a property maintenance issue that takes weeks because you got to provide notice, a violation, an opportunity to correct, and all the things that it takes to get those done and things that get done that day. So but on average, I think well over 80% of them are completed in three days or less. So just know that that we do track that. We do keep an eye on that. And that is a great way for folks to to route concerns to us, it's open and available 24 over seven and generates the work order right there.

And they don't have to know the exact department. They can put it in and it'll get to the right place. That's for camp. All right. Thank you. Good job. Kim, any other business we need to consider? If not, we're adjourned.