Hello, Franklin. It's Monday.
I'm Eric Stuckey, your city administrator.
So it must be time for the Top Three Things you need to know this week.
So, of course, I've got my handy dandy Post-it with me to help guide the way.
And we are here in the boardroom at City Hall.
And that brings us to our first item on your top three things, which is City Hall.
As you know, the last couple of years have been a lot of discussion around the project to redevelop this site
into a new city hall that will better serve the community and better facilitate the work of our city.
Team.
And we finished the master planning process, and the board will consider on April 12th
a contract to go into what's called schematic design, which we'll start
hammering out some real specific details on
what the building would look like, how it layout all those different elements.
So as we get ready to do that.
We've had the website for some time called complete-the-square.com.
You can go to that and get great information about the project.
But we've also created in the last week or so a Frequently Asked Questions
that we've put up on our website, FranklinTN.gov.
You can go there. It's on one of the main pages.
You can click on it and get and see all those questions
and answers there that we commonly hear from our citizens.
That might be helpful about updating you about that project.
So check that out on our website.
So that's item number one.
Item number two I'll go over here to a map we have here in the boardroom.
This is of our current city boundaries in the yellow and in the darker
yellow/orangish color is what's called the Urban Growth Boundaries.
And in this area in the southeast, the Goose Creek area, just in the last two years,
we've annexed by property owner request about 800 acres.
We're in the process of doing a comprehensive plan about different facets of infrastructure
and land use in that area to incorporate it into our overall land use plan.
This Goose Creek study, there was an update given a couple of weeks ago
to both the Planning Commission and the Board of Mayor and Aldermen.
You can check that out on our Franklin TV, our YouTube, or our Facebook page.
You can check it out there.
But also there is a community meeting coming up on April 19th
at 5:00 right here at City Hall from 5:00 to 6:30[pm].
It'll be both.
There's an update on that study, but also continue to get input from citizens
about land use, infrastructure concerns in that area as it comes into our community.
So just be aware of that and plug in as you'd like in terms of being part of that process.
So that's item number two.
Item number three is a follow up from last week.
You may remember we out on Del Rio Pike with one of our great city team
members, Doug Pratt, talking about the repaving of Del Rio,
which is part of our major street resurfacing that the city does.
And that project is largely been paved.
There's some cleanup work still going on this week, but that's largely been finished.
So we're great to hear that and see that the next will be Downs Boulevard.
So pretty much that whole stretch from Downs from 96 West all the way down to Columbia Avenue
will be the next project that we knock out in terms of resurfacing.
So those are two big projects along with all the neighborhood
street resurfacing surfacing that's going on.
And then finally, we received word recently
from the Tennessee Department of Transportation that they will be doing a major resurfacing throughout Franklin
on Highway 96 all the way out from west
going east from 96 West out by Carlisle Lane right
near the new Mac Hatcher extension on 96
West all the way to towards downtown to Fifth Avenue.
And then it'll pick it up right here by City Hall at Third Avenue
and go out Murfreesboro Road all the way to I-65.
We're not sure the exact timing of that, but that's a big resurfacing
project and a road that really needs it in some sections.
As you've been driving around recently, you probably have experience, so we'll get more details on that timing,
but it's definitely going to happen this year, and we'll let you know as we get more details.
But it's good to hear that that resurfacing is coming, too, as we look at updating,
upgrading and maintaining well-maintained streets here in the city of Franklin.
So those are your top three things.
City Hall frequently asked questions on the website.
FranklinTN.gov and complete-the-square.com.
The Goose Creek study is out there, too.
You can go to our planning department page on our website and see that.
And there's a community meeting April 19th at 5:00[pm] here at City Hall.
Paving update, good news there as we continue to make progress.
And one bonus item for you.
We had a part of our Franklin Fire Department was a good chunk, about a third of a 15
member task force that went out to Sevier County to help with the wildfires out there.
And they were there from Thursday through yesterday evening.
We're working hard on that on that response and are headed back to Franklin this morning.
We are so grateful for their work and the ability
to help our fellow Tennesseans in need during this time.
So that's it for this week.
Have a great week. We'll see you soon.
And I hope my Jayhawks win tonight. Actually, they're over here.
Rock Chalk.
See ya.