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Gallatin council pauses condemnation option after heated debate over stormwater fix for American Legion veterans home
Summary
Council heard residents and American Legion representatives urge a stormwater fix for flood-prone veterans residence. The city said a county ARPA grant of $500,000 required a public-right-of-way design that would remove part of Woods Ferry Road; council voted to take condemnation off the table and set a special work session to pursue alternatives.
The Gallatin City Council Committee spent an extended portion of its Oct. 28 work session debating a stormwater project tied to the American Legion Veterans Home and whether city action should include pursuing condemnation of a narrow parcel of church-owned land to create a public right of way.
Members of the public, including representatives of the American Legion and nearby church leaders, urged the council to resolve chronic flooding at the veterans residence. Greg Johnson and Curtis Malone of American Legion Post 17 said the home has experienced repeated flooding and that a detention-pond-based solution had been discussed with city engineers and the church for years. Church representatives and nearby residents told the committee they preferred a non-condemnation solution and said they had previously offered an easement of about 35 feet to address the drainage problem.
City engineer Nick Tuttle (presented as McTurtle in the transcript) outlined the technical history and options. Tuttle said Sumner County had offered $500,000 in ARPA funds to address the stormwater…
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