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Smyrna accepts donated parkland and a fire‑station tract from developer; council approves related impact‑fee agreement amid litigation concerns
Summary
Council accepted two tracts donated by Dreypak — about 3.35 acres for a fire station and roughly 42.48 acres for a park — as part of an impact‑fee swap tied to a development agreement. Debate centered on the value of parkland, precedent for accepting amenities, and litigation over parking‑pad requirements being settled by the agreement.
The Smyrna Town Council voted to accept two tracts of land offered by developer Dreypak: one tract of approximately 3.35 acres intended for a future fire station and a larger tract of roughly 42.48 acres proposed as public parkland. Planning staff told the council the donation would be applied in lieu of impact‑fee payments from the development up to a maximum dollar amount established in a separate agreement.
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