Master Parks Plan Final Review

BOMA to Review the Parks Plan

January 26, 2016  5:00 PM  

Work Session.

This will be the final public input.

Voting on February 9, 2016

Be aware of several things:

The Trail behind Ewingville or as stated on the Eastern Side of the River, has been removed from the plan.  Also gone is the trail through Harpeth Meadows. 

Voting to remove us from the plan were Aldermen Dana McClendon, Ann Petersen, Margaret Martin, Clyde Barnhill, Brandy Blanton and Pearl Bransford.

Bev Burger and Mike Skinner spoke against removing the trail. 

Until BOMA takes a vote in February for a trail system that eliminates these two sections they can be put back into the Master Plan by a simple vote.

There is a coalition of pro trail groups planning to persuade BOMA to keep the plan in tack.  They will be at the January 26, 2016 meeting.  This could persuade BOMA to put us back into the Master Plan.  For this reason we need to be at the Work Session, 5:00 PM, on January 26, 2016.

After our removal from the Master Parks Plan becomes official in February the Aldermen who stood for us need to hear a thank-you from us!  You will find their contact information at the top of this home page:  BOMA Contact Info.  

Our view must be larger now.  An appeal has been made by Jon Puncochar of Pebble Glen Hickory Ridge to abide by the total park system planning since 2011 of smaller groups driven for the cause of a Master Parks Plan. 

While we are breathing a sign of relief we cannot let our breath go and rest.  We will have to watch what could occur behind Ewingville.

Enjoy your efforts now.  This blog will attempt to keep you informed.

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Ewingville Trail -- Harpeth Meadow Trails to be REMOVED

From Eric Stuckey email

to the Board of Mayor and Aldermen dated 1/9/16

Parks Master Plan –

January 26^th BOMA worksession.

“We plan to have the Park Master Plan back before the Board for discussion at the January 26 worksession.  

The plan is going through a final review now.

Based on Board feedback, we will be removing two trail segments from the plan:  the Lancaster Drive connection and the trail along eastern bank of the Harpeth River.

We will work to communicate that this item is on the agenda to interested citizens.”

  

From this blog editor: 

After the vote on the trails as written above our next communications to BOMA can be “thank you!”