PLANNING STAFF

Jaime Groce
Director

Phone: (615) 550-6737
Fax: (615) 791-3257

 

The Planning Director provides expertise and technical assistance to the City, and supervises the Current, Long Range, and Preservation Planning Divisions, and the Administrative and Support Staff.

The Planning Department, under the supervision of the Planning Director, provides expertise and technical assistance to the City. To accomplish this task, the Planning Department is comprised of three “wings,” each of which is supported by our excellent administrative staff:

• Current Planning: Under the supervision of the Design/Planning Supervisor, provides expertise and technical assistance to the City in the review of rezoning requests, Concept Plans/Pattern Books, Site Plans, Preliminary Plats, Final Plats, and Conservation Design Plans. Performs landscape inspections and administers performance agreements and sureties. Prepares various items and recommendations for consideration by:
• Franklin Municipal Planning Commission (FMPC)
• Board of Zoning Appeals (BOZA)
• Franklin Tree Commission (FTC)
• Landscape Inspections


• Long Range Planning: Maintains the City’s Land Use Plan and handles annexation with conventional zoning requests. Prepares studies and reports such as annual development reports, land use inventories, household surveys, business surveys, and annexation feasibility studies. Provides staff support for various special committees and task forces related to long range community planning.



• Preservation Planning: Administers the City’s historic preservation program. Provides staff support to the Historic Zoning Commission. Review’s the impact of development on historic resources. Oversees grant projects related to historic preservation, such as historic resources surveys and public education programs.
• Franklin Historic Zoning Commission (HZC)

Current Planning	Long Range Planning	Preservation Planning	Administrative Support Staff
Micah Wood	Erin W. Reinders	Shanon Wasielewski	Brenda Woods
Jonathan Langley			Susan Coleman
Molly Pike			Lori Jarosz
Larry Mizell			Kelly Dannenfelser
Paula Kortas
Emily Hunter

Micah Wood, AICP
Design/Planning Supervisor

Phone: (615) 550-6732

• Supervises the Current Planning Division.
• Provides expertise and technical assistance to the City in the review of rezoning requests, Concept Plans/Pattern Books, Site Plans, Preliminary Plats, Final Plats, and Conservation Design Plans. Prepares various items and recommendations for consideration by the Franklin Municipal Planning Commission (FMPC), Franklin Board of Zoning Appeals, and the Franklin Board of Mayor and Aldermen (BOMA)

Jonathan Langley
Project Planner (Area 1)

Phone: (615) 550-6977

• Reviews rezoning requests, Concept Plans/Pattern Books, Site Plans, Preliminary Plats, Final Plats, and Conservation Design Plans, for projects within Area 1
• Provides staff support to the Board of Zoning Appeals (BOZA)

Emily Hunter
Project Planner (Area 2)

Phone: (615) 550-6739

• Reviews rezoning requests, Concept Plans/Pattern Books, Site Plans, Preliminary Plats, Final Plats, and Conservation Design Plans, for projects within Area 2
• Provides staff support to the Board of Zoning Appeals (BOZA)

Molly Pike, RLA
Land Planner

Phone: (615) 550-6738

• Reviews landscaping plans and performs landscape inspections, as well as reviews the impact of development on existing trees
• Provides staff support to the Franklin Tree Commission

Larry Mizell
Land Planner

Phone: (615) 550-6731

• Reviews landscaping plans and performs landscape inspections, as well as reviews the impact of development on existing trees
• Provides staff support to the Franklin Tree Commission

Paula Kortas
Performance Agreements/Sureties

Phone: (615) 550-6736

• Works with owners, applicants, banks, and residents related to performance/maintenance agreements, and associated sureties, connected with certain improvements required for development

Erin W. Reinders, AICP
Long Range Planner

Phone: (615) 550-6734

• Develops comprehensive plans and programs for utilization of land facilities
• Compiles and analyzes data on economic, social, and physical factors affecting land use, and prepares graphic and narrative reports on said data
• Reviews development proposals submitted to the City and prepares written recommendations
• Serves as staff on special committees such as the Transfer of Development Rights Task Force

Kelly Dannenfelser, AICP
Part-Time Planner

Phone: (615) 791-3212

• Special projects, public education, neighborhood meetings, develops comprehensive plans and programs for utilization of land facilities, reviews development proposals submitted to the City and prepares written recommendations

Shanon Peterson Wasielewski, AICP
Historic Preservation Officer

Phone: (615) 550-6733

• Administers the City’s historic preservation program
• Provides staff support to the Historic Zoning Commission
• Review’s the impact of development on historic resources
• Oversees grant projects related to historic preservation, such as historic resources surveys and public education programs.

Brenda Woods
Administrative Assistant

Phone: (615) 550-6730

• Provides support to the Current, Long Range, and Preservation Planning Divisions
• Provides customer service via phone and walk-ins from the public
• Takes minutes at various public meetings, maintains financial records for the department, and handles purchasing for the department

Susan Coleman
Administrative Assistant

Phone: (615) 550-6729

• Provides support to the Current, Long Range, and Preservation Planning Divisions
• Provides customer service via phone and walk-ins from the public
• Takes minutes at various public meetings, maintains financial records for the department, and handles purchasing for the department
• Internal Distribution of Development Plans

Lori Jarosz
Planning Associate

Phone: (615) 550-6728

• Addressing, compiles and analyzes data on land use, and prepares graphic and narrative reports on said data, provides support to the Current and Long Range Planning Divisions