Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor,
On October 16th this month the Farragut Planning Commission has on the agenda item 4) B) Action Items: Discussion and public hearing on a resolution, Resolution PC-25-05, to amend the Farragut Municipal Code, Appendix B - Subdivisions, Article III., Subsection A. Streets, 1., to provide for context sensitive street cross section requirements, as Illustrated in a new appendix to the Subdivision Regulations, referenced as Appendix F, in lieu of existing requirements in the Subdivision Regulations (Town of Farragut, Applicant). Good luck if you understand that agenda item. I don’t see this as ethical. The agenda item is not descriptive of the full intent of what the town is doing. A new “Appendix F” is not even readily available for viewing by the public prior to the October 16th meeting. And the State of Tennessee requires by law that agenda items must be understood by the average person.
After going back to the first time this was introduced for discussion in the Farragut Planning Commission Meeting April 17th of this year, I learned of the town’s attempt to take the front yards of many Farragut residents for eight-foot asphalt greenways with six-foot grass strips for a total taking of 14 feet of their property, much of which would require the taking by eminent domain. The following roads that were to be included: Evans Road, Red Mill Lane, Allen Kirby Road, Boring Road, North Campbell Station Road, and Herron Road.
