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Committee debates handling of anonymous complaints from Marquette Avenue development; tables change pending draft language
Summary
Payne & Dolan asked the Franklin City Quarry Monitoring Committee to exclude or flag complaints filed by residents of a new subdivision who signed a deed exhibit waiving objections; the committee asked staff to draft language and tabled the decision to the next meeting.
The Franklin City Quarry Monitoring Committee on Jan. 28, 2025, discussed whether complaints from residents of a recent Marquette Avenue subdivision — some of whom signed a deed exhibit at closing waiving objections to quarry operations — should be treated differently in the committee’s monitoring reports. The committee tabled any change pending draft language and outreach to the household in question.
Brianna Buckholtz, a Payne & Dolan representative, said roughly half of the Q4 complaints came from the Marquette Avenue area and that some homeowners in the new subdivision had signed a document at closing waiving objection rights. “They waived their right to object to our quarry operations,” Buckholtz said. “So they—are objecting to our quarry operations, specifically to the city, which are then included in these reports. So we—'re wondering if it—is possible to not consider their complaints as complaints.”
Committee members and city staff reviewed options ranging from asterisks in the published totals to a short, separate summary (“blurb”) that would identify how many complaints originated in the new subdivision while not adding those counts to the committee’s headline totals. Members emphasized they want the underlying complaint forms retained and available; several said they would still want to see signed complaints summarized because those contain substantive details.
City staff agreed to provide the plat/GIS layer to identify which addresses fall inside the new development and to attempt outreach to at least one household referenced in the complaint record. Committee member comments included suggestions for: (a) an asterisk in the published totals noting the subdivision status, (b) a separate paragraph in the quarterly narrative that lists comments from the new subdivision without adding them to the headline complaint count, or (c) leaving the numbers unchanged but making the background data available on request.
The committee voted unanimously to table the issue pending a draft of proposed reporting language that staff and committee members will prepare for the next meeting. The item will return for consideration at the committee’s April 22, 2025, meeting.
