Planning Commission - Regular Meeting

Welcome to the March 26, 2026 Franklin  Municipal Planning Commission meeting.   We'll begin with roll call. Commissioner  Harrison is absent. Commissioner Allen   present. Commissioner Franks  present. Commissioner Lindseay   is absent. Commissioner Ore is here.  Commissioner Man here. Commissioner   McLemore present. Commissioner Williamson  present. Alderman Peterson here. All right. This time is open for citizens to be heard  on any issue or concern. If you would like   to speak or on a specific topic that's on our  agenda, please wait until the citizen comment   period for that item occurs. For all citizen  comments, please fill out a speaker card and   hand it to staff. Come up to the microphone  and state your name and address and limit your   comments to two minutes. Is there anyone here that  would like to speak on an item not on the agenda? Okay. Yes. Come on up to the podium.  State your name and address. Yes. And   the item you're speaking on is not on our agenda  tonight. Correct. Correct. It's not. Okay. Um,   but I'm here to make public comment about um,  so, um, my name is Benjamin Liskkey. Um, and my   home address or the address I want to talk about  or not home address. Home address 5616 Oaks um,   Brentwood 37027. Yeah. Mhm. Okay. Okay. So, I  work here in Franklin as a teacher and I'm here   to present a concern for the safety of my students  and the local community as a whole um as pertains   to Meridian Boulevard in Cool Springs. The area  that area there, as you may be aware, of course,   uh construction is currently in progress. Yes,  on the right turn lane from Kurther's Parkway   southbound onto this street, presumably to relieve  traffic congestion on Kurthers. By all means,   we should strive for efficiency. However, this  development does underscore a crucial issue on  

Meridian Boulevard itself. So, I and the people  I work with have personally witnessed several   incidents of reckless speeding and perhaps  worse wrongway driving on Meridian. So,   my worry is that the addition of the turn lane  will exacerbate the former problem and make the   latter even more of an issue when that happens.  Right. These troubles present concerns of course   for the safety of the streets considerably  multimodal users as you know that development   uh is very pedestrian friendly especially for our  our kids. So given this I have a list of potential   considerations to bring to the department as I  have some possible solutions here um to confront   these problems. One signage indicating wrong  way for cars going east and westbound lanes.   Two yellow paint around the median to signal  direction change. Three adding guidelines for left   turning vehicles onto meridian. Four, removing  parking spaces too close to the intersections,   particularly a couple of visitor spots on the  north side of the stretch by the parking lot   between 2000 and 2550 meridian. Five, raising the  crosswalks. And finally, six, adding transverse   rumble strips on the westbound lanes closer to  K others. So those are my considerations. Um,   I hope that you're willing to hear these  considerations and bring them forward. So,   all right. Thank you. Could you leave your contact  information with Katie up there and we'll have   someone from our engineering department  get that list from you? Okay. Thank you. All right. Our next item would be the approval of  the minutes and this is the consideration of the   February 26, 2026 commission minutes. Second.  All right. Have a proper motion and a second.   Any discussion? Any items need to be pulled  or edited? None. All right, let's vote. Uh,  

Commissioner Harrison is absent. Commissioner  Allen, I. Commissioner Franks, I. Commissioner   Lindseay is absent. Commissioner Ore votes I.  Commissioner Man, yes. Commissioner McLemore,   I. Commissioner Williamson, I. Alderman  Peterson, yes. All right, the eyes have   it. The minutes are approved. Announcements.  Staff. Good evening, commissioners. Um, I have   a couple of announcements tonight. I just wanted  to give you another reminder about the April 1st   um, officials training that our law department  is conducting. That'll be April 1st from 8:30   a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Might wrap up a little earlier.  We'll see. um in the police uh community room at   the police department. Um we'd love for you all  to attend. Please make sure you've accepted the   invite on your city emails or at least notified  uh Katie and our department if you plan to come   and are having issues with your city emails. Um  and then make sure you've ordered your lunch.   Um and then also on April 28th at the Bulma work  session, uh we will have a presentation of the   Williamson County Association of Realtors housing  study that was conducted. Um so we're inviting all   the commissions if you're able to come out  and attend that and hear that presentation.   I think it would be really worthwhile to a lot  of the things that we consider here during this   commission meeting. So, I'd encourage you to come  to that if you're a available. And then just one   last reminder from our communications department  is to when you do speak, just speak into the mic,   even if you have to lean up a little. And I  will do my best um to make sure I turn them on,   but give me a second sometimes to get them  turned on for you. If you notice it's not red,  

just speak up and say, "Hey, my mic's not on."  Thank you. All right. Thank you. Our next item   is the consent agenda. This is the consideration  of items 3- 16 and 19 through 23. Uh, do I have   a motion? Move for approval. Second. All right.  Have a proper motion and second. Anybody would   like to pull an item from the consent tonight?  No. All right, we'll vote. Uh, Commissioner   Harrison is absent. Commissioner Allen I.  Commissioner Franks I. Commissioner Lindseay   is absent. Commissioner O votes I. Commissioner  man yes. Commissioner McLemore I. Commissioner   Williamson I. Alderman Peterson yes. All  right. The eyes have it. Consent agenda passes. The next item will be number 17. Consideration  of a resolution 2026-12. Resolution amending the   middle eight pud subdivision to extend the  vested rights for the property located at   uh east of Franklin Road and south of Liberty  Pike located at 209 Old Liberty Pike. Staff, thank you. The request is to extend the vesting  period for the middle 8 PUB subdivision for three   years uh till August 8th of 2029 to allow the part  the applicant to secure any necessary permits and   commence site preparation. The development  plan for the middle 8 PUD was approved by   the board mayor alderman on August 8th 2023.  The plan includes 38.191 units per acre and   3,000 square ft of non-res non-residential  space for a site that is composed of 7.2   2 acres. Staff recommended approval with  conditions of the overall development plan.   Bulma approved the development plan by a vote  of 8 to zero. One modification of standards was  

approved with the development plan to modify  minimum parking standards with the following.   1.02 spaces per studio unit, 1.02 spaces per  one-bedroom unit, 1.89 spaces per two-bedroom   unit, 2.76 spaces per three-bedroom unit. The  current status of the plan. A site plan for the   development was approved by city staff in October  of 2024, but the developers have yet to pull any   permits or or for the site or commence site  prep. If the vesting period is not extended,   the project entitlements would cease to  exist. Stop work orders would be issued.   A new development would need to be approved  and would be reviewed against the current   local development standards. In reviewing  the plan against current city regulations,   the plan generally complies. Difference in today's  zoning ordinance versus their vested ordinance are   minor and could be incorporated into the design  without major changes to the plan. A new parkland   agreement and new certificates of appropriateness  from the historic zoning commission would need to   be approved for any new plan. A new and updated  traffic study would also be required should the   project lose its vesting. Staff recommends that  the planning commission recommend to the board man   alderman to approve resolution 2026-12 should they  determine that the continuation of vested rights   is in the best interest of the interest of the  community. Thank you. All right. Thank you. Anyone   from the public like to comment on this item?  All right. Seeing none, do we have an applicant? Hi there. My name is Yates Baitman. I'm the  applicant for the project representing Truland,   the developer. Uh I'm the civil engineer for the  project as well. Um happy to answer any questions,   but just wanted to be clear that the project  is still um proceeding. teams are just working   through the um the difficulty in the financial  markets right now and are asking for more time  

um to execute the vision uh that was previously  approved. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Have a   motion. Motion to approve. Second. All right. Have  a proper motion in a second. Any discussion? No.   Everybody agrees? All right. We'll vote. Uh,  Commissioner Harrison is absent. Commissioner   Allen, I. Commissioner Franks, I. Commissioner  Lindseay is absent. Commissioner Ore votes I.   Commissioner Man, yes. Commissioner McLemore, I.  Commissioner Williamson, I. Alderman Peterson,   yes. All right, the eyes have it. Uh, resolution  2026-12 passes. Our next item is 18. Consideration   of ordinance 2025-54 an orders to reszone 202.6  acres to revise the hillside Hillrest Overlay HHO   district boundaries for the property located south  of Match Memorial Parkway and east of Franklin   Road at 354 Franklin Road. Staff, thank you. Uh  you all may remember this came to our uh was on   the agenda for last month and was deferred to this  month. Um between this last p the past meeting and   this meeting um the applicant has revised their  uh proposed HHO line to match the um uh recently   updated conservation design concept line uh fully  for the property. So staff is now supportive of   the uh recommendation and we are recommending  approval of ordinance 2025-54. And just as a   reminder, um this does give additional buffer to  the residents um or the residential lots along um   Ash ash drive. So happy to answer any questions.  Thank you. All right. Thank you. Is there anyone  

from the public like to comment on this item?  Please come forward. State your name and address. Good evening. My name is Elaine Harrison. I live  at 322 Ash Drive and I have been opposed against   this project from 6 years ago, ever since it  started. I have been there since 1972. When we   moved there, the land was not buildable. They said  we couldn't build on it. So, I don't understand   why you all are giving them the chance to do it  now. And to me, I still against whatever you all   are trying to do back there that's going to affect  my property. Thank you. Okay. Thank you. Uh staff,   would you mind addressing her one comment about  whether that land is buildable or not? Sorry. Yes. Um to address the concerns of whether  or not the property as a whole is buildable   or not. Um on this map you can see in the dark  green area that is the area that is in the HH.   So in that large area not the complete  property but in that large area there's   not anything that's allowed to be built. But  beyond that closer to the railroad and closer   to Macatcher that property is outside of that  HHO area it's within the buffer. So if there's   still steep slopes in that buffer zone, they  can't build. But if there is not steep slopes,   they have the potential to build in that area.  What they can build today is a state residential   lots. So that is all that's allowed today  by zoning. So that what you are considering   today is that area of nonbuildability. Is that a  word? It is ma'am. Where that line is shifting.  

Okay. Does that help? Yes. Thank you. Uh  any additional comments from the public? None. Do we have an applicant? Hi, my name is Greg Gamble and I'm representing  the applicant. Um I provided to you an aerial   photograph that shows you the existing tree  canopy lines. the purple line that is now the   hilltop hillside overlay line addressing uh the  requests that um the conditions I think that staff   had on our resubmitt. So we've made that change  u resubmitted. Happy to answer any questions that   you may have. Thank you. All right. Thank you. Do  I have a motion on this topic? Motion to approve.   All right. Second. Have a proper motion and second  discussion. Just to say one thing. If if we're if   we're looking at the thing that was handed out,  the uh I want to say the purple line there really   kind of does not does not touch the um parts of  uh that come up off of Ash Drive. This has been   a problem that Amy and I have been working with  over the past um several months. The Williamson   County GIS has shown incorrectly. The map in your  hand shows the actual survey and those property   lines go all the way to the historic stone wall  which is at the line of the trees. It's just this   little GIS map is incorrect. Um Ash Drive has a  100 foot rightway. If you look on the map that's   on the screen here, it shows a 50ft ride ofway.  So the lines are just off. It just is a GIS error. And I could let you know that when Greg brought  this to my attention, I tried to reach out to   the county and ask for clarification, but I have  yet to talk to them. So, I'm trying to solve it.  

But what staff is confident of is that the line  where it hits to the north. The goal was that it   captures the tree canopy, captures the stone wall,  and that's what their survey points do say. So,   staff's confident with where they're showing the  line to be. That's right. All right. The just to   be even more specific, the line is on the north  side of the historic stone wall, not the south   side of the historic stone wall. So, the historic  stone wall is in the area of the HHO conservation   line. Okay. Go ahead. Um, I just want to say I had  the opportunity since our last meeting to go out   and drive the property and and it provides a very  different perspective than what you can see on a   map. Um, and I I think that is what allowed me to  be get comfortable with approving the new HHO. Um,   interesting. I I know we extended it being  extended down the the stone wall. Um,   I I actually think that um that might not be the  proper use of an HHO because I don't don't think   the stone wall qualifies, but I'm going to support  it because it still meets the desired outcome   here. Um, but I would note that I think this the  property where the stone wall is is located in   the central Franklin overlay which requires stone  walls, historic stone walls to be preserved. So,   this is kind of an extra protection. Um,  but I did want to call that out. But,   um, that's why I'll be supporting this. All right.  Any additional discussion? Anyone? No. All right.   Other than I'm happy. No. Well, we have a a proper  motion in a second. Discussion's over. Let's vote   on this this item. Uh, Commissioner Harrison  is absent. Commissioner Allen, I. Commissioner   Franks, I. Commissioner Lindseay is absent.  Commissioner Ore votes I. Commissioner Mann,  

yes. Commissioner McLemore, I. Commissioner  Williamson, I. Alderman Peterson, yes. All right,   the eyes have it. Uh, ordinance 2025-54 is  approved. Any new business? Any other business?   All right. Would anybody like to  pose an adjournment? So move. I got   a proper motion in a second. Uh all  in favor say I. I. I. I. We're done.