Planning Commission - Regular Meeting

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I'm not sure. I call this meeting to order. We um roll call and and have a quorum. So uh moving on to staff announcements. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Items number 25, 26, 28, and 33 are on your consent agenda for deferral. Items 22 and 27, the wastewater system and the concept plan for Owen Valley subdivision are not on your consent agenda. Even though we are we as the staff are recommending those items be deferred as well. This is because the public hearing for item 21 has been advertised. Excuse me, 27. Thank you. Has been advertised and we do need to hold that public hearing. Um, additionally, there are revised reports for items 22 and 27 on your desk, as well as additional attachments for items 22 and 27. That's all I have. Mr. Chairman, did we 34 and 35 on consent? Uh, 34 and 35 on consent. Are 34 and 35 still on? Those are final. All right, cool. Thank you. Thank you, sir. Um we will uh we will first move into um a

public comment session and we do have one person that signed up for public comment. We do have the public hearing later on item 27. Uh so at this time um you'll have a maximum of three minutes to speak. uh please stand up or please come to the podium uh state your name and and um and we'll go from there. Warren Gardner. Yes. Um I'm Warren Gardner, a resident of Williamson County and a resident uh four year resident of King's Chapel and Arrington. Thank you for the opportunity to speak before you today. Going back over a year or so, I was part of a group that spoke before the county planning commission to oppose a certain 70 lot expansion within King's Chapel. Our big concern at the time was prolonged construction traffic disruption in our nearly complete neighborhood. We were told by both the developers of King's Chapel and High Park Hill that there would be no construction traffic using the quote emergency access road that now connects our community to High Park Hill. That road was approved solely as an emergencyon access point after the fire chief lobbyed by the developer requested it. Even though the fire station is actually closer to High Park Hills main entrances. We're now fast forward two years and we're now dealing with daily construction traffic, mudcovered roads, heavy equipment, debris, all using our private street to access a development that isn't even connected to their own neighborhood. That's right. High Park Hill phases haven't been connected to their own infrastructure. King's Chapel is essentially serving as their driveway. Long story short, it's a working road that gains access through our King's Chapel road and gate. This work and construction traffic is solely for High Park Hill and should be accessed through

that subdivision, not through ours. Now, I realize this issue of gate access is not a county decision. It's an HOA decision. Nevertheless, and unwittingly perhaps, the planning commission played a role in creating a loophole with respect to mandating that emergency role. A loophole that motor graders, bulldozers, dump trucks, etc. drive-thru as well as the day workers who man that equipment. So I ask you, how is High Park Hill using our gate and our road not in defiance of the county's prohibition prohibition against two homeowner communities using the same access road? And furthermore, from the perspective of the county planning commission, when does that High Park Hill Road become emergency? When does High Park Hill Road gain or require a closed gate? I pose these questions now, but I fully expect that myself and perhaps others in my community will be back again in the future raising the same points. Thank you for your time and consideration on this issue. Thank you, sir. Yeah. Okay, moving on. Consideration of the minutes. Um, do we have any comments on the minutes as presented? I have a motion. Do I have a second? Second. We have a motion and second. All those in favor say I. All those opposed. Motion passes. Uh consideration of the consent agenda. Uh is there anybody that needs to recuse? I have a question. So 22 and 27 will be presented separately and not on the consent. Correct. That is correct. Okay. All right. Okay.

All right. Uh any um do we have any any comment on consent agenda or a motion? Do I have a second? Second. We have a motion and a second. All those in favor say I. All those opposed. Motion passes. Moving on to um So now we're moving on to old business. Uh item 22 and I think the chairman. Yes, Mr. Chairman. I am recusing myself of this agenda item. Thank you. Um this is a site plan review for Owen Valley treatment facility for Owen Valley subdivision non-traditional wastewater system on 374.29 acres located off of Owen Hill Road in the second voting district. Staff. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This is the Owen Valley wastewater treatment system. Whoops, wrong one. This was deferred at the June meeting. This is located off of Owen Hill Road. You can see it here in the red. Properties are approximately 374 acres in size. You can see them in the green and the purple. This will serve the Owen Valley subdivision plan for the property. That is item 27 on your agenda tonight. So on the site plan, it does depict a survey lo surveylo headstones. You can see the in the inlet there with the circle. That's the location of those headstones. It's in the bend, the 90° bend of Owen Hill Road. This depicts an area where on your screen you can see the red arrow pointing to the black line. The area that a rep representative from the state historic preservation office believes the graves are located and the extent of them. We do have an email from the historical preservation office that we placed in

front of you that said additional graves could be located further into the field. You can see the green arrows on the screen that indicate the the direction of those graves and the location of them or possible location of them. Excuse me. Staff has asked the applicant to defer to allow for additional evaluations and has asked the applicant to complete the following. That is to delineate the limits of the existing cemetery using ground penetrating radar. to identify and locate any other cemeteries that may exist using the GPR and then locate an and identify any remaining vestigages of a church and school that had once been located on the property and to show and label each of those items on the site plan. In order to comply with this request, the applicant has requested deferral to the August 2025 meeting. Staff does concur with this request. Thank you. Um, do I have a motion for deferral? Motion in a second. All those in favor say I. I. All those opposed. Uh, motion passes. Moving on to item 23, site plan review for High Park Hill amenity area revised containing zero buildable lots on 6.59 acres located off Murphy'sboro Road in the fifth voting district. Staff. Thank you, Mr. chairman. The property is located off of Murphy'sboro Road shown in red with an arrow at the bottom of the screen. It contains zero buildable lots and the property is approximately 6.56 acres in size. They will be adding tennis courts shown in green and pickleball courts shown in yellow and a fireplace shown with the yellow triangle and the bathroom facilities are next to the parking lot. The amenity center improvements require planning commission review and staff recommends approval with standard conditions outlined in the staff report.

Thank you. Any any questions for staff or any comments? Yes, sir. Is the applicant present? State your name, please. Yes, sir. Brian Hul with M2 Group. Thank you. Yes, sir. My question is, uh, the gentleman that spoke to us earlier, there'll be construction on this area. How will the construction equipment go through to do this amenity center? Um I'm not aware that construction access is happening through there. Um we provided a supposed to be a a turnaround at the terminus of Floren Drive for construction traffic to access from 96 through High Park Hill and then turn around high park. It won't go through King's Chapel. It'll go through High Park. I'm not aware of that happening at all, sir. Thank you. Any further questions? Do I have a motion on item 23? Motion to accept recommendations. Do I have a second? Second. Have a motion and a second on item 23. All those in favor say I. All those opposed. Motion passes. Thank you. Moving on to item 24, preliminary plat review for uh wild grass large lot easement subdivision containing three lots on 95.48 acres located off Casp Paris Road in the first voting district. Staff. Uh thank you, Mr. Chairman. Uh this project is located off Casper Road. You can see Casper Road shown in red in your upper left inset. Uh the development totals 95.48 acres. Uh it consists of three lots as you can see in uh pink.

The lots will be accessed uh via via an access easement shown in green. The resource protection standards have been met. Building envelopes are separated by 200 ft. All lots will have fire sprinkler systems installed in all habitable structures. Water will be provided by individual wells. Wastewater will be handled via individual on-site septic systems and staff recommends approval with standard conditions outlined in the staff report. Thank you. Any any questions for staff or anybody else on item 24? We have a motion. Do we have a second? We have a motion and a second. All those in favor say I. All those opposed. Motion passes. Items 25 and 26 were on consent. Moving on to public hearing item 27. Uh, Miss Sharon. Yes, Mr. Chairman. I'm recusing myself of this item. Thank you. Thank you. Um, so I will read this. We'll have a staff report and then we'll open up the public hearing from there. Concept plan review for Owen Valley subdivision containing 72 lots located on 374.29 29 acres located off of Owen Hill Road in the second voting district. Staff. Yeah. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. First, we'll take a look at the an aerial of the area and zoom in and get a closer look of the property. So, we'll discuss the concept plan. The site is located off of Owen Hill Road. There you see Owen Hill Road in red. property totals 374.29 acres. There's the boundaries of the property

in the green. They're proposing a 72 lot conservation subdivision and there are the 72 lots in the pink. A traffic impact analysis has been done. Roads will be public. There's the inter internal road network in the yellow. Water will be provided by the Milcraftoft and Utility District. Wastewater is served by a non-traditional waste water treatment and disposal system. There you see the dis the wastewater treatment area in the brown in the curve. And the concept plan depicts a survey located headstone located in a grove adjacent to Owenhill Road. That was discussed for item 22. uh that the uh area depicts where the representative from the state historic preservation office believes graves are located. Pull up that the in insert isn't pulling up. An email from state historical preservation office indicates there could be possible graves located further into the field. Staff has asked the applicant to defer to allow for additional evaluations and has asked the following applicant to complete the following. Delineate the limits of the cemetery using a ground penetrating radar. Identify and locate any other cemeteries that may exist using the U GPR. locate and identify any remaining vestigages of the church and school and show and label each on the concept plan. In order to comply with staff's request, the applicant is requesting deferral to the August 20 2025 meeting and the notice for the public hearing was published and the zoning ordinance requires the public hearing be held and that's why we're having a public hearing

tonight. And the uh insert finally finally showed up. Show shows where the headstones are located. Thank you. Um so we will move into the um move into the public hearing. We have 11 people signed up on on the public hearing at this point. Technically the the uh time frame is 30 minutes. Um, unless there's an objection by the um by somebody on on the planning commission, we'll we'll technically make it 33 minutes, but each person will have three minutes total and um to to speak and and I'll I'll run the timer and and be try to be nice about asking you to stop. So, um but with that, I will open up the public hearing. Please come to the stand, state your name and your address and uh and we'll give you three minutes. So, first is Eric Patton. Good afternoon. My name is Eric Patton. I'm a resident at 6890 Bizzel Howell Road. Um, and I'm actually here on behalf of our small subdivision called Sandstone Farms, which is at the southern part um of the proposed concept plan. Um, in fact, it's actually just south of detention pond number four. Um, I'd like to thank the planning commission for the opportunity for all of us residents to to share um our opinions and thoughts of what Williamson County is. So, I I think public comment is important um as we grow as a community. So, I appreciate the time. Um so, of course, I'm sure many of us are

going to say similar uh topics, but some concerns that we have in Sandstone Farms um are particular to the detention pond. um is my understanding that is a vessel to uh catch the storm water runoff and then release it slowly. Um currently we have issues with water flow uh through our private drive. In fact, recently we had to invest just shy of $50,000 to reestablish the road that we we drive on. um this additional water um is going to further erode uh our area. I'm not sure if there any considerations have been um brought to the management of that water flow. Um, additionally, you know, I'm not familiar with the wastewater management plan that's being proposed, but we have concerns with that wastewater from the um sewage potentially bleeding into the detention pond and therefore draining into our development. Um, additionally, our development is called Sandstone Farms for obvious reasons. Sandstone is not a very solid stone. Um, so we have concern as they proceed with this concept plan uh with blasting and hammering of rocks that it could disturb the foundations beneath our homes. Um, and I just want to make sure that appropriate steps have been um, managed to to mitigate any of those concerns. Um, we also have issues with water supply. I know it was just mentioned that Miloftton will be supplying the water. Um, and this is nec not necessarily a county issue, but we have concerns with the water pressure in our development today. I'm sure many other on Owen Hill as well. 30 seconds, please. So, just concerns to ensure that the water supply and pressures are going to

be maintained. Uh, same goes for electric, gas, uh, all utilities. Um, and then of course, uh, there there's already concerns with traffic getting onto and off of Owen Hill from either Arno Alisona or Nolanville Road. Um, I know that the traffic study has been completed. Um, but would be curious of what the results of that were. So, thank you for your time. Thank you for your time. Next is uh Mark uh Gerald Gerard Gerard, sorry. Yar. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you members of the commission for allowing us this opportunity to address you. Uh, my name is Mark Gerard. I'm a retired attorney. Uh, my wife is a retired college and hospital vice president. We live in a subdivision called Owen Dale, which is directly adjacent to the proposed subdivision. previously offered a written submission to you and would be uh pleased to provide additional copies if you wish it at this time. Um the long existing uh small Owendale subdivision comp is comprised of approximately nine residences of approximately 5 acres each. Uh it is our submission that we and other Williamson County residents are gravely concerned that the proposed 72 lot subdivision violates this county's comprehensive growth plan. As the county astutely adopted in its comprehensive plan, its state of purpose and intent is to preserve the rural character to reduce congestion to guide growth into and around existing and limited developed areas. Williamson County's allure and charm is directly threatened by this proposed subdivision and it is directly contrary to the county's vision and plan to preserve

that rural character. The location of this proposed subdivision is clearly not in any existing developed strategic area around either 840 or I65. Moreover, it's troubling that the applicant has proposed no fewer than 22 of their 72 lots within the sight lines and directly adjacent to the long-existing small Owendale subdivision. It is troubling as well that a applicant's initial submissions to this commission proposed a 100 foot buffer just last month and now this month it has been drastically reduced to only 50 feet. Although we object to the proposed development as a whole, if it is to go forward, pursuant to article 311 of the subdivision uh regulations, we request that the applicant being required to install and maintain an opaque buffer, as that term is defined in section 15.06 of six of the zoning ordinance, for any portion within the sightelines of Owendale. Article 311 empowers this commission to require the applicant to provide additional plannings or methods of screening if you find that the required buffer of the zoning ordinance is inadequate to screen Owendale from the proposed subdivision. 30 seconds, please. Yes. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Compressing so many proposed lots so close to the 5acre pro uh parcels of Owendale will result in a material dimmunition of property values. We request that this commission consider that carefully and appreciate all of your input and thought into this. We also share Mr. Patton's view with respect to flood runoff and that there should be no access through Owendale Way or Owendale Lane to the proposed subdivision if it is to go forward. Thank you very much. Thank you. Next is Connor Valentine.

Hi, thanks for your time. Uh, my name is Connor Valentine. I live also on Owendale Lane. And, um, when I saw the sign go up for this development, I started doing some research as to, you know, where it lies and and and how it affects uh, uh, the quality of life there and the history. One thing I found is this really awesome Allison Chapel uh school and cemetery that's been brought up and and discussed, but I wanted to add um just let you know some of what I found and my thoughts on it. It was a black church school and uh cemetery starting in the 1800s went into the 1950s. Um the local history ties into um some of the local families that still live there that have been generational farmers and land owners that are directly connected to the school, the children of uh Reverend Hatcher. And I really feel like as I've learned the history of what's in my backyard, because I didn't really know it was there until this development kind of caused me to start to look into it. I feel like that's an area that should be preserved and um memorialized. And the current plan puts a a septic system, excuse my lack of, you know, a sewer or a septic at that site at and around um this historic chapel and graveyard site um for this really unique black school and and and uh cemetery and and graveyard. So, I just don't feel like that's an appropriate layout. Um, I'd like to see that history be preserved. Um, and in in a better way than than uh just driving by in the future and being like, "Hey kids, see that septic sewer system? That's where that Allison Chapel used to be and it was a really important place to a lot of people, but now it's a now it's a septic site." So, that's point one. Um, I also want to talk about

Owen Hill Road next to Ptight Road. It's probably the most dangerous road in Williamson County. Um there's several 90° bends, one of which you've shown on this um on the screen. There's a several 90 degree bends. There's tree tunnels, sharp turns, drop offs. There's no guardrails. There's no shoulders. And there's farm trucks that go through there or farm equipment. I mean, to to think about increasing the traffic count by multiples, several multiples just for this development. And then to imagine where we could be in 5 10 years if this new development which is you know averages the lot size is kind of like one or two homes per acre is my estimation. 30 seconds please. Thank you. Um what's Owen Hill Road going to be like with all of those people trying to get in and out because this is 15 minutes off the freeway. This isn't like um the Grove which is right off 840 and has easy access. This is a 15-minute drive on rural roads and there's no other way out there. So, I think it could be a big mistake to overdevelop it. Thank you. Thank you. Uh, next is Steve Balanganger. Thank you. My name is Steve Bologer and I'm a resident on uh Doin Lane, 6810 Doin Lane, just off of the top of Owen Hill Road. Um, I'm coming before you tonight because um I'm too am concerned about maintaining the character of our neighborhood. Uh we have you to thank uh in large part for being able to enjoy the property that we already have or uh if not you personally your forerunners I imagine because of the work you've done on the comprehensive land use plan that I want to refer to now because u we are zoned of course as a rural area and uh

reading from your uh website I'm going to just touch on there's a list of um eight items on the page addressing the rural character You talk about the desired character for rural areas as a con uh should be a cont contin continuation of historic rural and agricultural par uh patterns including farms. Uh another item uses are encouraged to coexist with agricultural uses rural tourism that are compatible with rural character. I'm just taking a little item from each paragraph on this page. Uh residents should not expect urban or suburban level of service. stream corridors, woodlands, valuable natural resources should be preserved. Historic resources should be preserved and maintained and roadways should be designed to standards appropriate for their classification. In this case, farmland, rural, um, etc. And um and then there's one paragraph here that is actually um uh modified that says that u flexible design should allow conservation sub subdivisions which is the way the developer is is uh approaching this project which if I understand correctly means that rather than the five acres that we are um supposed to be allotted per per lot that we en that gives us the character that we enjoy Joy. Uh they can consolidate properties and in this way if you look at the plan um you'll notice that they're all long skinny 1 and a half acre lots that um that will likely result in people having 10 feet to their property line from their homes and looking 20 feet across to their neighbor's house. So, it'll be as if we went right downtown Spring Hill or Franklin and grabbed a chunk of the tightest neighborhood you can find and

stuck it right out there at the outer skirts of the uh of the uh rural land that we've got now. 30 seconds, please. Thank you. We uh the the plan says that um this sort of development is supposed to be co-terminous with other developments of its character. there. We we we are not co-terminus. What this developer has done is he said, um we're we're a company that makes $800,000 houses. You guys go out there and find us a piece of property where we can big uh build a big pile of $800,000 houses. Don't take any regard for the fact that the county planners have said um that uh we have five acres per perc. All of us in this neighborhood are $2 million houses. There isn't one in the $800,000 range uh in miles. And thank you. There we are. So, these guys are building for their own purposes, not not for our needs. Moving on to Kathy Marlin, please. Good evening. I'm Kathy Marlin and I live at Harpath Painttonville Road. not very far from Owen Hill Road in unincorporated Williamson County. I am an advocate for the preservation of cemeteries and our local history. I am concerned for the future of the cemetery at Allisona or Allison Chapel as it is sometimes called located on the property up for development on Owen Hill Road and the site where the school once stood. We have already lost too much of our history and too many cemeteries in the

past, particularly AfricanAmerican history and cemeteries. I feel development needs to be paused on this property until all concerns for this historic site can be addressed. Please honor and respect this historic site and those buried there. I am speaking for those who can no longer speak for themselves. Thank you. Thank you. Uh Graham Perry. Yes. Thank you for this opportunity to speak. I am Graham Perry and I am the historic cemetery preservation specialist. um at the Tennessee Historical Commission and uh those emails that you have referred to those are from me. So um I am here today even though that I am a resident of Williamson County. I am here to speak on uh from the Tennessee Historical Commission's perspective on the uh the preservation of the cemetery at Allison Alisona Cemetery is what I'm calling it. Um, I have actually walked the site and I have talked to the developer and everything like that and it seems to me that the right things are happening as far as preservation for this cemetery. One thing that does concern me is uh if there is a retention pond or sewage area or whatever that's near the cemetery. Tennessee code annotated 468 states that it is a due uh that uh

a each grave must be protected within 10 ft. Um you can dig a retention pond and leave a 10-ft buffer and that's all you have to do. But the problem is is if there is erosion underneath the grave that could be an issue and that would be something that our office would consider to be uh desecrating a grave. So, it's something to be considered um when y'all are working on the cemeter when the when you're working on the development with the cemetery. It is not my concern about the development itself. That is something else. It's simply the cemetery. Um when I was out there probing, it is possible that there are graves past the uh the delineation line that I've had. the recent uh 1951 overhead that I've gotten, the aerial pretty much confirms what I think is is what the dimensions of the cemetery is. But I know from a historical uh perspective that I've been to cemeteries all over the place and sometimes people that aren't supposed to be buried in the cemetery bury outside of it. So, that's one of the things and I've talked to the developer about this just to make sure that uh to be very careful when you're outside of that and if uh if something that resembles a grave or grave goods or whatever is turned up that they uh follow state law by uh contacting the local police, um the health department and also the department of archaeology to make sure and they they should not build anymore until that is uh surveyed by them and made sure that it's either not a grave or if it is. Um so that is one of the things that I'm here to say is just to make sure that uh those laws are followed. Um other than that, like I said, I have worked with the developer some and I do think that they are as far as the cemetery doing they're they're trying to do the right thing and I

really appreciate that. Uh when I first walked into this job, I had developers just do what they wanted to. And five and a half years later, I'm actually getting developers call me to come and check out areas and things like that. And I'm more than happy to do that. But uh the concerns of the citizens about the cemetery are uh valid. um the graves, the the the people who were buried in this cemetery being African-American, especially since there are a lot of uh African-American cemeteries that are disappearing, a lot of them don't have a lot of information about them. But it's all about respect for the dead. And uh TCA 468 is the Family Burial Grounds Protection Act. And one of the reasons why that was put up is to make sure that uh people respect the dead when they are doing any kind of construction or protection or or whatever it is. So, I really appreciate being here tonight and being able to speak to you and uh thank you so much. Thank you for your time. I'm moving on to uh uh Jasper Hatcher Jr. Thank you, brother Chairman and committee. I'm here to uh my name is Jasper Hatcher Jr. I'm uh uh the first son of J Reverend Jasper Hatcher. Some of you may have known him. He was a pillar member of the college grove Williamson County comm community some of the mayors and maybe uh I don't know how many mayors but uh highway was dedicated in his honor and some of the

uh uh important and uh people in respected positions were there for the ceremony but I'm here we we uh still preserve and we are still farming in the community. We live at 6721 Owen Hill Road and we still try to maintain about 180 acres and those those acres have been in the family for since 1865. And uh they were acquired by uh my grandfather and my grandfather's father who dedicated and passed that land on down through maybe well I'm the fourth generation and we're still farming out there and this subdivision is going to cause some uh I guess safety kind of uh hazards for farmers out there because we drive tractors on that land uh on those roads and we produce uh cattle and we still do some farming with uh gardening and raising corn and hay and we live in one well 6721 is in the 90° bend of what uh Mr. Connor mentioned that uh there is some 90 degree bends and when we come out onto the highway to get to other areas of the farm there's traffic and something needs to be done to preserve safety on the roads and I realize we have to coexist and sometimes we lose but we need to gain something also in preserving say if we do take that site

as a septic site then we need to preserve serve those great those grave areas and if the site needs to be moved for that purpose then it should be moved and I want you to take that into consideration and uh my dad and eight of his well it's about 12 in that generation they all attended that school Allison Chapel school and if we could see something to preserve that site we would really support that. I have a sister here also and dad had eight children of his own. I think our generations produced a lot of kids, but we're still there and we we'd like to remain there and live in harmony if we have to with the subdivision. But if if with improvements we lose something, we want to gain something more or less. So that's my position and I stand uh in line with some of the pre uh previous speakers about preserving uh what we can. All right. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, sir. Uh next is Alan Ryder. Yes. My name is Alan Ryder. I live on 6731 on Hillill Road, right in front of Mr. Hatcher. I have a farm. I have cattle. I've got um horses, I got chickens, I got dogs and cats. So, I live in a rural lifestyle. That's what I'd like to maintain is my rural lifestyle because I invested a lot of money in Williamson County for that rural lifestyle. So, I I just want to read some things from your, you know, your your zoning ordinances. It says, you know, in the purpose in article 1, section 103, purpose of zoning regulations is to implement the Williamson County comprehensive land use plan by coordinating growth, establishing a responsible pattern of

land use, regulating the bulk sale and density to preserve the desired character of the community, providing suitable transitions between areas of community of different character. Everything around us is 5 acre lots. Even in College Grove next to the elementary school, it's 5acre lots. There's no 1acre lots except in the College Grove Village area and that's fine if you want to do that in the College Grove Village District, but not in RD5 where it's five acres and it's supposed to be. Um, it's also just preserving and enhancing the county's overall rural character and conserving and protecting the historic resources that we've talked about with uh grave sites and in schools and just promoting the preservation of open space. This does not promote anything of preserving open space at all. And if we look at the zoning districts in article 10 for RD5, it says the purpose and intent is uh the purpose of the rural development of RD5 is to support and protect the rural character and agricultural uses of Williamson County east of I65. And it said is the intent of the district to continue to promote agricultural and rural uses of land within the district. That's what Mr. Hatcher and I do. And if you get on to the conservation subdivision standards, there's just a lot of different things it seems like they're trying to back into getting around having five acres and don't understand it because when we look at these conservation districts and you see examples in your uh zoning, it looks very different from what these folks have. Very different. I mean, you've got a little road with a few houses surrounded by a lot of acreage. That makes sense. All right, we could understand that this does not make sense at all in that area. People hunt around that right now. People hunt on Mr. Hatcher's land. They hunt on my land. So, when we look at all these things, we're just trying to remind you.

30 seconds, please. Yeah. We're just trying to remind you that uh at the end of the day, Williamson County is supposed to be a rural county. I mean, our a center right now doesn't even have any rural it doesn't have RD5 around it at all. It has houses and developments. I kind of laugh because the all the agricultural land is gone around the a center and so when we look at that, we're worried that that'll happen around us. So, I appreciate y'all's time tonight. Thank you. Next is Mike Reynolds. How y'all doing tonight? I'm uh as you said, my name is Mike Reynolds. I'm a 20 year Sandstone Farms resident and a lifelong Arno Road resident. Uh we still have a family farm on Arno Road. And uh I guess I'm just going to be kind of going over what everybody else has said, but uh as far as our sandstone farms concerns, uh the water drainage is uh a pretty major deal for us. Um we just spent a a ton of money to maintain our private road. Um, and we're afraid that the drainage is going to put us back in that shape again where we have to do that again. Um, also we're worried about the blasting from uh the construction. Um, I'm sorry it's I'm not a as eloquent as some of my previous speakers, but I'll try. Um, also we're worried about traffic on the road. Owen Hill is uh

a small rural road and to put that many more cars on it is really a concern. Not to mention putting all that on the Arno road which is already super dangerous compared to what it has been in history. Um, and I've also heard that there's been another large plot of land sold just uh little ways from this on on hill road. So, we're wondering if maybe this is going to be something that's going to continue. We're going to have these small lots uh multiple houses to where everybody else now in our neighborhood, we've got eight houses and they're all plus or minus 5 acres. Um, and we'd like to also maintain our rural atmosphere. Um, and we just don't want it to, you know, this to kind of set a precedent for, hey, you can go out there and build anything you want. And, uh, so anyway, I like I said, that's that's about all I want to say. Um, I'm just kind of repeating what's already been said anyway. So, I appreciate your time. Thank you. Next is Miss Judy Herbert. Hi y'all. I'm Judy Herbert. I'm a second district county commissioner. I represent this area. So, that's one reason I'm here. And one reason I really live really close to this development and I of course don't want to see it happen. And number three, my mother's Louise Lynch. She was a county historian back in the 1970s. She printed several books on graveyards and she'd really be mad at me if I was not here fighting to keep this development off these graveyards.

And you know, I've asked her, I said one good thing that's happened with this, I've seen a lot of new residents come in and fighting this along with the old residents and it's been great. But it's not just I mean it's this graveyard that was had the the school and the cemetery for the blacks. I've also heard that they may not even own this property that if you go back in the deeds this property if it was ever sold was supposedly went back to the original owners. So I think this need to be investigated more for that. Also, I've been told there's another cemetery back there that part of it has been preserved, but part of it was, I assume, plowed over back years ago. So, I think there's two cemeteries on this property that I think there needs to be a lot more investigation before anything goes forward. And I don't think continuing to August is enough time. So, um I'm not even going to get into how much I don't want this development. I'm just focusing on the cemeteries right now. and I hope you will continue this a little further out because I think there's a lot more work to be done before anything's approved. Thank y'all. Thank you. Thank you. And our last speaker is Miss Betsy Hester. [Applause] Good evening and thank you. Uh I am Betsy Hester and I represent the second district. Thank again. Thank you for this opportunity. So this conservation subdivision is in my district. Uh conservation subdivisions are not my favorite. Uh I have a moot question. I know you are not in a position to answer

any questions, but would this property perk for septic tanks if it were developed on the five acre basis. I also wanted to say that we work very very hard for our 2040 conservation plan for Williamson County. Uh so many of you worked hard at it. Uh and our county commission voted for one home per five acres. And no part of that ever did I think that the step system, the septic septic tank fluent pump with a sand circulating filter. Never I thought that would be on top of graves. And I think that's I I don't care for that at all. I I think that's dishonored. individuals who have gone before us. As Kathy Marlin said, they can't speak for themselves. I don't want any of my relatives in rural parts of North Carolina to to have septic fields on top of their graves. Uh that's very disturbing to me. Maybe on the county commission, we are going to have to come up with resolutions to protect graveyards, to protect our historical past in Williamson County. This church and schoolhouse were very important to the Allison community.

Very important. Um anyway, and I had another point and I should have written it down. I beg your pardon. I did not. So, uh another thing I'm concerned about is this L turn. Uh as Mr. Hatcher said, there's farm equipment going down Owen Hill. It's one of our little county pig pads. narrow little road, trees all the way up to the road and deep ditches on either side. I was before the highway commission last week because I have had many com uh complaints from constituents about traffic on Arno Road. We don't have the money to improve all of these roads to three and four lanes, much less do something about the drainage. This is to me some of these subdivisions are asking the county commission to raise taxes. So when you consider all that has been spoken about, do you want t your taxes to be raised in Williamson County? I do not want property taxes to go up. We're already in tight tight budget years. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. My name is Jason Holland. I'm an attorney Nashville. I apologize. I came in right at 5:30. if I could just have a minute or two. Uh the main thing I want to just ask of the commission hang tight. Sure. Um it's really our decision. Correct. I mean discretion. Um so I'm going to give you two things.

I'll give you one minute if you don't mind. And uh the next meeting there's a public comment period where where you could come and and say 3 minutes of if you don't mind cuz I we don't want 50 people showing up like this. I I understand Mr. Chairman. I mainly what I wanted to ask is that I think that there are I represent adjacent property owners here that are concerned about this development. I do agree and want to underscore the concerns about density as it relates to adjacent properties in consistent with see with the comprehensive plan. But what I really wanted to ask is that I think that the location and scope of this cemetery uh is a critical element to how people feel about this development. And I wanted to just make a request that the public hearing be kept open so that once this survey is completed and we really know the impact and the feasibility uh of this development with that information that folks be able to comment specifically on that. So what I really wanted to do was just ask that the public hearing be kept open to give that opportunity for the August meeting. So thank you and your state your name again please. Sorry Jason Hollowman. H O L L E man. Thank you. Thank you. I think there's planning commission. So, um, at this point the, you know, we we did hear the staff report deferring this to August. We there are, um, lots of good comments that were brought

before us tonight. Lots of good information in emails and and, um, you know, State Historic Preservation Office being here tonight. We really appreciate you being here. Um, and you know, the good thing is that that staff has heard these and understands these and and asked for that deferral and and the developer has agreed to it. And you know, um, as the the Shipo office said that you can't build a grave or or a septic system on top of a grave. So, you know, we're that's not going to happen in Williamson County. And um but um at this time I will open it up for discussion among the planning commission. See if there's any comments. We do have the choice to leave the public hearing open uh and it could extend the next time or or we can move forward with closing the public hearing. Um I do do believe there's a lot of good things in motion based on the comments I've heard tonight that that staff can can hopefully address. So, any comments? Yes, Robin. So, they referred to the Allison Chapel. Is it still there or is it I was trying to look on the map and I don't I don't believe it is based on the handout. I believe it's in the corner and yeah, Richard House with SEC. No, the building is not there. Um, essentially there's a handful of headstones there and we have uh probed somewhat. We plan to do the GPR as requested to see if there's anything further than what Graham has already denoted for us. Do you know like how much further you would probe out from the graves? I I'm not a expert on that. I I can't answer that. I don't know. And someone mentioned a uh I think it was Commissioner Herbert, a possible uh other cemetery on the property. y'all

located or I've looked online and there's only this one that's on our property as we've seen it based on what's online. I'm not saying that there's not one there. That's going to be determined through GPR use and stuff. Okay, that's all I have for the moment. They come back. Yeah, Mr. Crowanne. Yes, sir. Uh Mr. Chairman, uh, I agree with the deferral going along with the deferral, but I would like to see us extend this public hearing into next month. Uh, I'm sure we've got most of the information, but I would hate to say that we missed anything in this. And I don't think it would do any harm to extend it long enough so if something new came up, it would be brought to our attention. Thank you. Are we required if the public hearing is extended, does that require the subsequent meetings to be pushed another month as well? Okay. No. Okay. So, do we need a motion to keep the public hearing open? I move that we extend the public hearing to the next meeting when this topic is an agenda item. Okay. So, let's um really need a need a motion to accept deferral but keep the public hearing open. If I could get that, you can do that in one minute. Yeah. Okay. So, I move to accept staff's recommendation for a deferral and keep the public hearing open. Thank you. Do I have a second? Second. I have a motion and a second. Uh all those in favor say I. I. I. All those opposed. Motion passes. Thank you. Thank you. I do have a couple questions for staff. Is this the right time for that or what are we thinking?

At this point taking action, but if you want to circle back to me or them. Yep. Thank you. Okay. Moving on. Item 28 was on the consent agenda. Moving on to uh preliminary plats. Item 29, preliminary plat review for James Soal and Kendall Soal property large lot easement subdivision containing two lots on 11.95 acres located off of Meek's Road in the fifth voting district. Staff. Uh thank you, Mr. Chairman. Uh this property is located off Meeks Road. Um you can see an arrow pointing in the direction of Meeks Road which is not actually showing on that drawing. Uh the development totals 11.95 acres. Um consists of two lots as you can see in the pinkish lavender color. Um and the lots will be accessed via an access easement shown in green. uh variance was granted by the BCA to allow the access easement to be closer than 200 feet apart. Uh you can see the easements there also in green. Uh resource protection standards have been met. Uh building envelopes have been separated by 200 ft and the fire apparatus access standards have been applied. Water will be provided by the Milcraftoft utility district. Wastewater will be managed by the non-traditional wastewater treatment and disposal system and staff recommends approval with standard conditions outlined in the staff report. Thank you. Do we have any comments on item 29? I have another question. Um there's

another house up there on the hill that has it's I think it's it has an easement to it. Is will it use this easement for these two lots? Do we know? I'm not sure. Is that Mr. Moon's property? Uh, match. No, they will not use it. So, they'll keep with their because I know there's like one road that goes up in there and then their roads. Yes, they're not they're not accessing the easement. Okay. Thank you. Any other questions on item 29? Do I have a motion? Motion to accept staff recommendation. Second. Second. Uh all those in favor say I. All those opposed. Uh motion passes. Moving on to item 30, preliminary plat review for the villages of Triune East containing 59 single family lots and 64 multif family lots on 63.78 acres located off of Horton Highway and Murphy'sboro Road in the fifth voting district. Staff. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This property is located off of Murphy'sboro Road, Horton Highway at Malach High Lane. You can see them on the screen in front of you. Property totals approximately 64 acres in size. It is a 59 lot conservation subdivision. You can see that in the mint green and then a 64 lot town home development in the purple. I did notice a typo. This has 91 acres of open space. It should be 54 acres of open space. The applicant is proposing a private roadway network. Numerous off-site roadway improvements are required in conjunction with this phase. We have placed those items in your packet. Excuse me. Those off-site roadway improvements have been reviewed and approved by T DOT and the Williamson County Highway Department. Wastewater is

handled by the Triune Wastewater Facility. The waterway, natural area, and natural resource protection standards have been met. The plat is consistent in layout with the concept plan approved in March of this year and staff recommends approval with the standard conditions outlined in the staff report including the construction of off-site roadway improvements prior to to submittal of the first final plat. Thank you staff. Any any questions on item 30? Uh do I have a motion? I'm sorry. Did he say 51? 54. Yeah. 54 acres instead of the 91 as noted above. I have a comment. Yes. Just like to say condolences to Mr. John Powell, the original applicant. He passed away just a few couple weeks ago, I guess, and we all know who he is. He's very uh very large life. So, I just wanted to say that we just have condolences to his family. Yeah. Just thinking about them. Anything any uh any other comments or a motion. Motion to accept recommended. Second. We have a motion and a second. All those in favor say I. All those opposed. Motion passes. Moving on to item 31, preliminary plat review for Marlo Springs at Carl Road large ease and subdivision containing five lots on 92.6 acres located off Carl Road in the ninth voting district staff. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Uh, this project is located off Carl Road. You can see Carl Road in the red and the right hand inset at the top. Uh,

development totals 91.81 81 acres consists of five lots as you can see in the pinkish lavender color. Lots will be accessed via an access easement as shown in green. Resource protection standards have been met. Building envelopes have been separated by 200 feet and fire apparatus access standards have been met. Water will be provided by the HB and TS utility district. Waste water will be handled via individual on-site septic systems approved by sewage disposal management and staff recommends approval with standard conditions outlined in the staff report. Thank you. Any questions related to item 31? Second. Second. All those in have a motion and a second. All those in favor say I. All those opposed. Motion passes. Moving on to item 32. Preliminary plant review for Stevens Valley subdivision phase 12 containing zero buildable lots on 697 acres located off Stevens Valley Boulevard in the eighth voting district. Staff. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This phase is located off of Ste Stevens Valley Boulevard. There you see the boulevard in the red. Phase 12 is 0.697 acres. There you see the property in the pink. Contains zero zero buildable lots. Uh the purpose of this phase is to capture u a new alley that was aligned with the alley in Davidson County to the north and also to capture utility utility improvements that have been done in Winsma County.

Water will be provided by the Harpath Valley Utilities District. Waste water is handled via the Harpath Valley Utilities District and staff recommends approval of standard conditions outlined in the staff report. Thank you. Any questions on item 32? Have a mo have a motion in a second. All those in favor say I. All those opposed. Motion passes. The 33 34 35 items are all on consent. So, uh we have a motion for adjournment. So move. Thank you.