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Council approves Haymaker Park and Franklin Regional athletic upgrades, conditioned on conservation-district signoff
Summary
Council approved two land-development plans to resurface school and park athletic fields with synthetic turf and related facility upgrades; approvals were recommended by staff and planning and conditioned on conservation-district permits. Each motion passed with one council member recorded as opposing.
MURRYSVILLE — The council on June 3 approved preliminary and final land-development plans for two athletic-facility projects: Haymaker Park ballfield improvements and renovations at Franklin Regional Senior High School.
The Haymaker Park plan (SP2-263950) covers a 5.03-acre site off Reed Boulevard and calls for replacing the playing surface with synthetic turf and upgrading bleachers, dugouts and batting cages. Municipal staff and the planning commission recommended approval, noting the work is a replacement and upgrade of existing facilities; the recommendation included a single condition that the applicant secure conservation-district approval before final permits issue.
For the Franklin Regional Senior High School project, the plan covers resurfacing softball fields and tennis courts, adding sidewalks and supporting site infrastructure. That application requested multiple code waivers; planning and staff again recommended approval with the same conservation-district condition.
Michael Boger, the civil engineer on the Haymaker Park application, told council the conservation-district comments have been addressed and the district is preparing to issue a permit. School facilities director Brian Jones outlined an implementation timeline: tennis-court work aimed for completion by the end of July, a multi-purpose field by Sept. 1, and Haymaker Park and softball work targeted by December, subject to procurement and weather.
Dr. Pano, speaking for the Franklin Regional School Board and administration, thanked the council and emphasized the projects’ community benefit, saying the facilities will serve students, community youth programs and spectators, adding improved accessibility for people with reduced mobility.
Both motions passed; the meeting record shows one council member opposed each measure. Final permit issuance remains contingent on conservation-district approval as noted in staff recommendations.
