8 November 2007 Landscaping with Native Plants Lecture Tonight Did the drought and water restrictions cause you to lose valuable landscaping in your yard? Tonight at 6:30pm at the Franklin Library on Columbia Avenue you can learn from horticulture expert, Andy Sudbrock, how to landscape your yard with native plants that require less water and find other ways to reduce your yard's use of drinking water. This lecture is being sponsored by the Harpeth River Watershed Association. Nashville Natives is a full service plant nursery and environmental restoration company who have successfully restored and carefully managed hundreds of acres of native plant communities over the past 15 years. All of their plants are of original Tennessee origin with most propagated from seed collected in the counties of middle Tennessee. This sounds like useful and interesting information. Holly Trolley Tickets Going Fast! This year's Holly Trolley tickets went on sale October 23 and already are selling quickly. Additional dates have been added this year, but if you want tickets, you'd better hurry. Visit tmagroup.org for a Holiday Lights registration form to reserve your place. Biodiesel Workshop Next Tuesday - RSVP Today! Williamson County Mayor Rogers Anderson, The TMA Group, Clean Cities of Middle Tennessee and the Clean Air Partnership of Williamson County invite you to attend the 2007 Williamson County Biodiesel Workshop, Tuesday November 13, from 9:00am - 2:00pm. This workshop is free and open to the public and lunch is included at no charge. Feel free to send two or three attendees to this event. This is your opportunity to learn about this rapidly growing alternative fuel. It is domestic, renewable, American and can help your fleet save money. The workshop will provide the information you need to begin using biodiesel in your fleet. Here is why you need to learn about biodiesel: - Biodiesel can help diesel engines last longer - Fuel economy gains can further save money - 35 biodiesel stations have opened in Tennessee in the last two years The workshop will include presentations on: - Why using this fuel is important to our community and our country - What biodiesel is and where it comes from - biodiesel pros and cons - What fleets in the USA and in Middle Tennessee are currently using biodiesel fuels - How easy it is to integrate biodiesel into your current diesel infrastructure - Testimonials from current users about the benefits of biodiesel It is important that you RSVP TODAY IF POSSIBLE by email to dhenry@tmagroup.org. Include your name, company name, names of attendees, phone number and contact information. The workshop will be held at the Williamson County AdExpo Park, 4215 Long Lane, just east of I-65 at the Peytonsville exit. Transportation from Monday 1.    Recommended professional Services Agreement for engineering design of Jordan Road from Mallory Lane to Aspen Grove Drive 2.    Recommended agreement with CSX Railroad for signalization at Mallory Station Road and General George Patton Drive 3.    Recommended parking lot drainage and pavement improvements at the rear of the Five Points Post Office Building 4.    Received TDOT's response to the City's recommendation for the Long Lane crossing of I-65 which was to deny going under I-65 - we'll continue to pursue this alternative 5.    Recommended design revisions for signalization upgrades at the intersection of Murfreesboro Road and Royal Oaks Boulevard 6.    Received the City of Franklin Public Transportation Report prepared by TranSystems for the Franklin Transit Authority - this report will be provided to the entire Board of Mayor and Aldermen next Tuesday and a special joint meeting of the FTA and BOMA will be scheduled Board of Mayor and Aldermen for 11/13 After the current board acknowledges receipt of the Williamson County Election Commission report on the 2007 City of Franklin Municipal election, City Administrator Jay Johnson will recognize outgoing city officials. The Honorable Justice Cornelia Clark, Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court, will then administer the Oath of Office to the newly elected mayor and aldermen-at-large. Following a recess, the new board will be seated for election of a vice-mayor, consideration of the mayor's appointments to committees, and nomination of the BOMA representative to the Franklin Municipal Planning Commission. Then it's business as usual. Old Business 1.    Final reading of ordinance to rezone 7.13 acres from planned commercial (PC) to planned office (PO) and approve the concept plan Carothers Professional Center, south of Liberty Pike between Carothers Road and Edward Curd Lane - I still have concerns about mitigation of a stream on this site that has not been resolved 2.    Final reading of ordinance to implement a new schedule of Road Impact Fees 3.    Final reading of ordinance to amend emergency water restrictions, increase disconnect charges and provide for administrative cost recovery New Business 1.    Consideration of ordinance to rezone 6.52 acres from estate residential (ER) to planned commercial (PC) and approve the concept plan for The Carrington, an assisted living facility on Riverside Drive 2.    Consideration of ordinance to rezone 2.72 acres from interstate commercial (IC) to planned commercial (PC) and approve the concept plan for 7007 Moores Lane to include an assisted living facility and restaurants and retail 3.    Public Hearing on adopting a plan of services for the McEwen Drive eastern extension 4.    Annexation and zoning of 61.25 acres to local mixed-use district (MI) east of the terminus of McEwen Drive at Wilson Pike 5.    Consideration of amending the effective date of the new Zoning Ordinance from January 1, 2008 to July 1, 2008. The Zoning Ordinance has been passed by BOMA and there is no reason to delay its implementation. I have no idea where this request originated 6.    Professional services contract with Community Housing Partnership to conduct an emergency rehabilitation program within the Natchez and Hard Bargain neighborhoods utilizing Community Development Block Grant funding 7.    Consideration of the Transportation issues listed above 8.    Consideration of changing the January BOMA meeting date Water and Wastewater 1.    Consideration of the final change order for the Goose Creek interceptor sewer, Phase I, of a significant deduct amount - very good news!