Purposed sign ordinance changes back on BOMA radar: Smoak
Information on projected sign ordinance changes, pain management clinic site limitations and the latest Town of Farragut revenue figures were presented to members of Shop Farragut/Farragut Business Alliance during its monthly meeting, held virtually, Thursday morning, July 16.
During his monthly “Town Report” to the Alliance, Town administrator David Smoak said Farragut Board of Mayor and Aldermen would address sign ordinance updates during a 5:45 p.m. workshop prior to its regular meeting, held virtually, which begins at 7 p.m., tonight, Thursday, July 23.
The workshop goal is “to come up to speed on the changes that we’re talking about making at the next meeting,” he said. “Hopefully, if they’re comfortable with it, we’ll move forward with the First Reading on that a couple of weeks later.”
Also to be discussed by BOMA include “our ordinances related to pain-management clinics,” Smoak said. “These are things, right now, that can be pretty much in any zoning district in Farragut. We need to make sure we’re being cautious around schools and around sensitive daycare areas, things like that.
“The ordinance, the way we’re crafting it and the way it’s going to go to the Board for First Reading, is to really limit it up to kind of the C-2 Zone, which is mostly Turkey Creek and that area up there,” he added.
As for revenue projections for the end of Fiscal Year 2020 and Fiscal Year 2021, “We’ve been able to get a couple of months of revenues in so far, for March and then for April, the latest numbers we have from the state,” Smoak said.
“And although they are well below what we typically get on an annual basis, they’re actually higher than I projected for the budget,” he added.
Taking into consideration the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, “That’s a little better than I had thought,” Smoak said. “We’re hoping that with the economy kind of continuing to stay in the same motion that it’s in, we’ll be able to see our revenues continue to kind of get closer to that normal level soon.”
However, “With the (virus) case counts going up, we’ve got to be cautious and make sure everybody’s wearing their masks when they’re going into buildings (required per Knox County Board of Health),” he added.
The 7 p.m. Board meeting will be televised by TDS and Spectrum.
Suspended operations
Among other items discussed, Stephen Krempasky, Alliance executive director, announced the decision of Blue Ridge Yoga & Wellness Center, 623 N. Campbell Station Road, to “suspend operation” in light of higher Knox County coronavirus cases in recent weeks.
But he emphasized, “They are not closing.”
