New Legal Maneuvers by Nolensville Pave the Way for More Commercial Development

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Homeowner Sends in a letter from

Property Owners in future annexed area

Our city leaders opened the way for more

commercial developments in an area that

was originally intended to be a "buffer

zone" between Nolensville and Brentwood.

Lawyers came up with a "out-of-court"

settlement with owners against the

annexation by having Nolensville pay for

all of their out-of-pocket legal fees if they

would drop their lawsuit.

Somewhere along the way it was discover-

ed a mistake was made by Nolensville city

leaders about this buffer zone's plan for

development.

Since 2002 Nolensville asked Brentwood to

change the agreement to allow commercial

development, but until now Brentwood

refused to do so. That is, until they got a 25%

piece of the tax pie to be paid for by

Nolensville for years to come.

Originally Brentwood wanted to limit the

density in this "buffer-zone" but it was not

to be. Forget the buffer zone. Grab all the

commercial firms to expand the tax base.

When Nolensville was incorporated no one

ever imagined homes being built on 6,000

sq. ft. lots. Today you can see them almost

in every direction. Our city leaders have

failed us. We have one thing left to do and

that is remember this at our next election.

Sincerely submitted by many disappointed

land and home owners now residents of

Nolensville.

Nolensville..."Never will have a Property Tax."

Property Tax Neverland

Nolensville "Never will have a Property Tax."
Terrific news from our Mayor in the thursday
7/21/05 article in the Tennessean. Also very
good news to anyone considering a move to our
city. Most of us recall someone telling us never
say never because you never know what might
happen in the future. In this same article Brent-
wood City Manager said "When you have a city
with a lot of growth like we have, there's an ex-
pectation from the citizens that you provide
improved services."
With thousands of homes being built around
Nolensville there will be new costs to pay for the
upkeep of the city's parks, streets, fire and
police departments and some kind of traffic
system. Attracting more commercial businesses
is one way to be able to avoid a property tax.
Mayor Joe Sweeney of Brentwood says property
taxes have stayed 59 cents per $100 of assessed
value for the last 15 years...and added that this
helps the city pay for upkeep of the city's parks,
fire and police departments, a tornado warning
system and a new synchronized traffic system.
Let's hope Mayor Knapper is right and at least
now and in the near future we can avoid a
property tax. However, if Nolensville ever needs
additional revenues maybe expanding commer-
cial businesses will bring in enough revenues.
Still, never say never is probably good advice.

Follow the Not So Yellow Brick Road to Bent Creek?

Secret Entrance to Bent Creek?

Another Secret Entrance to Bent Creek?
Follow......
the "not so yellow brick road" to Bent Creek?
2 secret entrances to Bent Creek! That's right...
little known routes to a magnificent housing
development. Long time local residents know
about these two secret short- cuts. Not very
pretty you say? Well just think what potential
home buyers think? They want to know where
is the splendid, tree-lined boulevard to their
future home? In the land of OZ...you say? Sad
to say it doesn't exist...not yet anyway.

Over 2,500 vehicles travel thru Nolensville
and most don't know where to turn to get to
Bent Creek. Nap time is over folks we need to
wake up and smell the roses that includes you
and me and the Mayor and Aldermen, Planning
and Historic Committes. You say nobody gives
a #@$%! You may be right.....right now, but we
can change it. Clean and sparkling new home
developments can be one of the greatest things
that ever happened to our town.

We together have to take advantage of the
opportunity to blend the old with the new.
Anybody listening out there? Send your
comments and emails to our leaders
at Town Hall Mayor@nolensville-tn.com.

2007 Nolensville Elementary School May Become the Home of the New Nolensville Town Hall

2007 New Town Hall would be centrally located with plenty of parking, office space and room for expansion. Rebecca S. Sharber, Williamson County Director of Schools said this site may become available to Nolensville if the county decides to build a new and larger school for future growth. Many like the idea and others wonder if the county would decide to convert the school into a new Recreation Center complete with new pool. Either way what do you think the city should do? Location good or bad? How much would it cost now and in 2 years? Should city get an appraisal? Is an option to buy available? Let's hear from you and we will publish your emails send to http://hezakiah23@hotmail.com Feel free to comment below by clicking on comments.

Nolensville Board to Discuss "Code of Ethics?"

"We the People" Need Honest Leaders!
"Doing the right thing"
So says the 7/7/05 Tennessean article report-
ing on a meeting of Nolensville Board of Mayor
and Aldermen. Everybody should send a thank
you note to Alderman Larry Felts who asked the
Mayor to look into the board's code of ethics and
have a discussion on them in light of the recent
events in our state legislature. It is puzzling how
the Tennessean worded what the Mayor did?
"Knapper pulled together a code of ethics to dis-
cuss." It sounds painful and not easy to do.

Why is it that only after the FBI arrests and
escorts almost one dozen state legislators off
to jail that suddenly our badly damaged Governor
and fellow politicans remember a code of ethics??

Larry Felts is onto to something very important
that includes not calling fellow aldermen nasty
names...and includes "conflict of interest" and
misrepresentation of one's position in any local
government.

What's a conflict of interest? Here's an example.
Say you serve on your city's board as alderman
and your full time job is a full time commercial
real estate agent. No problem you say? Well
should you be allowed to vote on an upcoming
purchase of property by your city that is listed
by your real estate firm or broker?
Asolutely NOT! Unfortunately, this happens
in Williamson County and if you follow the
money trail it goes back and forth across the
county in and out of Franklin and many other
smaller cities.

Should the Mayor, aldermen and all commission
members sign a comprehensive Code of Ethics?
YES! Let's hope it happens soon.

PS: If they don't sign it then they should resign.
PPS: Next election all candidates should be willing to
sign it and if not everybody will know it before voting.

Local Citizens Sound Off....Guest Contributors!

During this summer and fall of 2005 we will be featuring the input of local citizens who would like to "sound off" as Guest Contributors. We have not limited the subject matter or even the length of the articles.
But we do reserve the right to monitor each article for reasonably good taste and good will. If you are reading this and are interested in sub-mitting your article please do so by sending us an email of your notes to hezakiah23@hotmail.com and we will acknowledge your submission
and tell you if and when it would be published or not at all and the
reason why. You may sign your real name and email address or you
may remain annoymous. Think of this as an opportunity to submit
your "letter to the editor" and know it will be read by thousands in the immediate area. Please try to keep the subject related to Nolensville..
.i.e. city government...traffic...growth..schools... local business, past, current and future events. Hey everybody...you'll never get a better chance to tell it like it is and become famous or not it's your choice. Remember you only get 3 minutes to speak during the Mayor's meet-
ing of the board and aldermen so let her rip wide open...you'll feel
much better in the morning.