19 July 2007 Enjoy a Family Movie at Pinkerton Park Tonight The Franklin City Parks presents regular Summer Family Events through August, all free to the public. Tonight from 8:00-10:00pm will be the fourth of six Movies by Moonlight in Pinkerton Park. For more information visit franklin-gov.com or call 794-2103. Election Details and Voting Schedules Today is the deadline for filing a qualifying petition with the Williamson County Election Commission to be placed on the ballot as a candidate for either mayor or alderman at-large for the City of Franklin election in October. A candidate can file a withdrawal request by next Thursday, July 26. By day's end we will finally know who has qualified for candidacy for local office, but the slate won't be official until July 26 - someone just might have a change of heart. Election day is Tuesday, October 23, with early voting at the Williamson County Administrative Complex beginning Wednesday, October 3, and ending on Thursday, October 18. Hours for early voting are from 8:00am to 4:30pm Monday through Friday, and from 8:00am to noon on Saturday. Streaming Video on City Website Cable Channel 10 and Franklin's IT department are now providing streaming videos of the most recent meetings of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen and the Franklin Municipal Planning Commission. This will allow anyone to view the meetings at a time that's most convenient. In order to view and listen to the streaming videos, you must have a sound card, Windows Media Player, and access to the internet. Just go to franklin-gov.com and catch everything you missed. Click on Cable Channel 10 from the homepage (under Online Services). This will access the Cable Channel 10 schedule. In the schedule, wherever you see a meeting in red, simply click on it to view that meeting. My complements to Cable Channel 10 and our IT department for providing this much requested and needed service! Residential Permits Decrease The Building and Codes Department has reported that the city issued 52 single family/town home residential permits and seven new commercial permits during the month of June. For the 2007 calendar year, this brings the total to 351 residential permits, a 22% reduction from the same period last year when we issued permits for 452 residential units. In spite of this downward trend, total construction value exceeds that of a year ago. Higher land and construction costs and larger homes keep the value climbing. BOMA Meets with MTEMC Board 7/23 The Board of Mayor and Aldermen will meet with the Board of Middle Tennessee Electric Membership Corporation on Monday, July 23, at 4:00pm at the Cool Springs Conference Center. The primary purpose of this meeting, at least from the City's perspective, is to formulate and execute a franchise agreement. MTEMC has been unwilling to sign a new franchise agreement since the previous one expired in 1996. Zoning Ordinance Meeting 7/24 The Board of Mayor and Aldermen will meet in special session on Tuesday, July 24, at 6:30pm to review the final changes of the proposed Zoning Ordinance. Planning Director Jaime Groce will facilitate discussion of all revisions that have been proposed by the board during our months of meetings. Hopefully at the conclusion of this discussion, the ordinance can begin the approval process.