City Council

City of Murfreesboro City Council- Special Session Joint Meeting with Planning Commission T E N N E S S E E Wednesday, March 1, 2023, at 3:00 pm Municipal Airport Business Center 1930 Memorial Boulevard Murfreesboro. Tennessee MINUTES The City Council of the City of Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee, met in a special session for a joint meeting with the Planning Commission at the Municipal Airport Business Center at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 1, 2023. Council Members Present Mayor Shane McFarland - Presiding Jami Averwater (also Planning Commission Member) Madelyn Scales Harris Austin Maxwell Bill Shacklett Kirt Wade Shawn Wright (also Planning Commission Member) Planning Commission Present Kathy Jones, Chair Jami Averwater (also Council Member) Bryan Prince Warren Russell Chase Salas Shawn Wright (also Council Member) Ken Halliburton was absent and excused from this meeting City Representatives Present Craig Tindall, City Manager Jennifer Brown, City Recorder I Finance Director Darren Gore, Assistant City Manager Sam Huddleston, Assistant City Manager Adam Tucker, City Attorney David Ives, Deputy City Attorney Roman Hankins, Assistant City Attorney Greg McKnight, Executive Director of Development Services Matthew Blomeley, Assistant Planning Director Margaret Ann Green, Principal Planner Marina Rush, Principal Planner Holly Smyth, Principal Planner Kevin Guenther, Planner Joel Aguilera, Planner Brad Barbee, Planner Amelia Kerr, Planner Jennifer Knauf, Project Engineer Gabriel Moore, Project Engineer Katie Noel, Project Engineer Lesley Short, Assistant Finance Director Chad Gehrke, Airport Director Ashley Fulghum, Recording Assistant Joint City Council & Planning Commission Meeting Minutes March 1, 2023, 3:00 pm Page 1 of 3  Chris Yeager, City Clerk 1 through 4. Call to Order and Determination of a Quorum City Council. Mayor McFarland called the meeting to order for the City Council and determined a quorum was present. Planning Commission. Chair Kathy Jones called the meeting to order for the Planning Commission and determined a quorum was present. 5 and 6. Prayer and Pledge of Allegiance Mayor McFarland commenced the meeting with a prayer followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. 7. Introduction of Purpose of Meeting Mayor McFarland explained that the purpose of the joint meeting was to go over the long- range development of the City and to discuss updates to the Future Land Use Map for 2035, density in the areas, and how to put those two together. 8. Discussion of the amendments to Chapter 4: Land Use of the Murfreesboro 2035 Comprehensive Plan and the Future Land Use Map [2019-S-102]. Greg McKnight, Executive Director of Development Services, provided an overview of how the session would proceed, detailing the different sessions, how breakout sessions would be separated and three objectives for the two bodies moving forward including 1) Education 2) Communication and Dialogue in breakout sessions, and 3) Direction. Mr. McKnight introduced Kevin Guenther of Reagan Smith who would be present regarding the land use map. Mr. Guenter presented a PowerPoint presentation on the high-level history of the Future Land Use Map, its use in current and future planning, key points for updates, new elements and changes proposed, economic target centers, future study area, service infill line, and specific proposed changes. Mr. Guenterthen answered Council member's questions from his presentation. City Council, Planning Commission, and City Staff broke out into three groups to discuss the Future Land Use Map. Breakout session group discussions ensued with open dialogue in each group. Upon completion of the breakout sessions, Kevin Guenter, Margaret Ann Green, and Matthew Blomeley presented and responded to questions that came up in each breakout session group. Mr. Guenter stated that there was a question about the downtown area and highlighted that the North Highland and Historic Bottoms studies adopted previously are still applying to those areas. Ms. Green spoke about Auto-Urban Residential land use. She stated that it would allow for a variety of hausing types. Ms. Green stated Employment Generating land use would require the employment generating uses to come first. It must happen before the commercial or residential components of Joint City Council & Planning Commission Meeting Minutes March 1, 2023, 3:00 pm Page 2 of 3 the development. Ms. Green responded to questions from the session she led. These included clarifications on the recommended updates to the land use map, and that the numbers/boundaries/densities listed in the land use map were not requirements but recommendations. Mr. Blomeley reviewed questions asked during the breakout session he led. He stated that one of the big questions in his group was: What is business innovation and how does that differentiate from regular industrial? Business innovation is clean manufacturing or advanced manufacturing. He continued in his explanations by describing the differences between the land use designations and zoning. 9. Scheduling of Planning Commission public hearing [2019-S-102] for amendments to Chapter 4: Land Use of the Murfreesboro 2035 Comprehensive Plan and the Future Land Use Map. Greg McKnight, Executive Director Development Services, requested a public hearing be scheduled for the Land Use of the Murfreesboro 2035 Comprehensive Pla n and the Future Land Use Map. Warren Russell made a motion to set a Planning Commission public hearing for May 3, 2023. Jami Averwater seconded the motion. Upon roll call, the motion was passed by the following vote: Aye: Jami Averwater, Bryan Prince, Warren Russell, Chase Salas, Shawn Wright, Kathy Jones Nay: None 10 and 11 . Adjourn Planning Commission and City Council Meeting Planning Commission. There being no further business, Chair Jones adjourned the meeting for the Planning Commission at 4:52 p.m. City Council. There being no further business, Mayor McFarland adjourned the special meeting for the City Council at 4:54 p.m. SHANE MCFARLAND MAYOR ATTEST: ~~ TUCKER CITYREC::::HIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Joint City Council & Planning Commission Meeting Minutes March 1, 2023, 3:00 pm Page 3 of 3