Planning commission pulls South Hartman Drive item from consent agenda after resident raises financing concerns, then approves it
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Lebanon Planning Commission removed a South Hartman Drive site-plan from its consent agenda after a resident alleged unusual sales and loan activity, then approved four other consent items and later approved the South Hartman site-plan after the applicant addressed staff comments.
The Lebanon Planning Commission removed one item from its consent agenda on suspicion of irregular financing, approved four other consent items, and later approved the removed site-plan after the applicant addressed staff concerns.
Resident Derek Dodson urged the commission to defer Consent Item No. 5 (a Common Man Trust application for development at South Hartman Drive at Hickory Ridge Road), telling the panel the property "sold, then it sold 10 months later to the same address for a $2,900,000 profit," and that the property has been used in subsequent loans, including "over 12,000,000 in other loans," he said. Dodson asked the commission to investigate before approving the item.
Planning Commission leadership moved to remove the item from the consent agenda for separate consideration and the motion carried on a voice vote. The commission then took voice votes to approve the remaining four consent items, which staff read into the record: a site plan for Sortera Technologies Lebanon (about 20.96 acres at 400 Innovative Way), a preliminary plat for Bel Air at Beckwith (a two-lot subdivision on roughly 206 acres), a preliminary plat for Barton Village Commercial Roads (about 21.87 acres), and a site plan for a Walmart Supercenter (about 33.51 acres at 123 Wilson Farms Boulevard).
When the commission returned to the removed South Hartman Drive item, planning staff said there were no outstanding staff comments. Applicant representative Jessica Gore of Paradisign told the commission, "I'm not sure what the financing of the property has to do with approval of the masquerading plan, but I'm happy to entertain any questions you might have," and confirmed the applicant had addressed staff comments. After discussion, a motion to approve the South Hartman Drive site-plan was made, seconded and approved by voice vote.
The commission did not record roll-call vote tallies in the transcript for these items; approvals occurred by voice vote. The record shows the commission handled the consent agenda by removing the contested item for separate discussion, hearing applicant response, and approving all consent items that were before them that evening.
Next steps: approvals of items that require city-council action were forwarded as positive recommendations where required; other approvals (site plans) proceeded per staff guidance.
