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Donor offers land for deed‑restricted employee housing; city staff asked to study concept
Summary
A Franklin resident offered about six acres of family land for city-employee deed-restricted townhomes. Staff showed a conceptual layout for up to 20 units and asked the board whether to dedicate more work — including an employee interest survey, rezoning steps and program administration — to the idea.
A Franklin resident and landowner, Dorinda Carlisle Smith, proposed using roughly six acres of family property to develop deed‑restricted housing for City of Franklin employees and asked the board for guidance on whether staff should invest time to develop the concept further.
Smith told the board she inherited approximately 14 acres and identified about five to six acres that she said had limited value aside from infrequent mowing; she proposed townhomes constrained by deed restriction so ownership would be limited to city employees. Smith and Ward Alderman Matthew…
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