Nolensville staff to seek board authorization to make grouped right-of-way offers for Rocky Fork and Sunset improvements

Town staff told the Nolensville Board of Commissioners on March 24 that they are ready to make right-of-way acquisition offers for the Rocky Fork Road and Sunset Road improvement projects and asked for a resolution authorizing staff to proceed with grouped offers and payments.

Victor (town staff) explained staff has budgeted for right-of-way purchases and recommends grouping multiple property transactions when presenting them to the board. He said staff would follow appraisal and offer procedures established under the Uniform Acquisition Act and advised that it is not appropriate to reveal individual owner offers in open session for confidentiality reasons. Christiana (finance staff) confirmed sufficient funding exists in the current budget for the Rocky Fork right-of-way and said Sunset Road funding will be included in a budget amendment.

Staff estimated the Rocky Fork total at “probably in that hundred and 30 range” (thousand dollars, per the presentation) and said they will include a contingency allowance (about 10%) in the resolution to give staff flexibility if appraisals vary. Commissioners told staff they support the approach and asked for the resolutions at the next voting meeting; staff said they will likely present the Rocky Fork package and at least a first Sunset Road package in separate resolution batches to protect confidentiality and allow one or two votes per meeting.

The board did not vote at the work session; commissioners indicated support and staff will return with the formal resolutions authorizing offers and payment limits at the upcoming voting meeting.