Franklin Historical Commission: Legal Notice - Demolition request for approval

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Notice is hereby given  that the Town of Franklin Historical Commission will hold a Public Hearing, Thursday, January 4, 2024 at 6:30PM regarding a demolition request application for the property at 240 East Central Street, Franklin MA

Meeting will be held at the Franklin Historical Museum

80 West Central Street, Franklin

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HEARING DATE Thursday, January 4, 2024.

Please reach out with any questions.

Thank you,

Mary Olsson, Vice chair

Franklin Historical Commission

Franklin Historical Commission: Legal Notice - Demolition request for approval

Franklin Historical Commission: Legal Notice - Demolition request for approval

****   LEGAL NOTICE

Notice is hereby given  that the Town of Franklin Historical Commission will hold a Public Hearing, Thursday, January 4, 2024 at 6:30PM regarding a demolition request application for the property at 240 East Central Street, Franklin MA

Meeting will be held at the Franklin Historical Museum

80 West Central Street, Franklin

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HEARING DATE Thursday, January 4, 2024.

Please reach out with any questions.

Thank you,

Mary Olsson, Vice chair

Franklin Historical Commission

Franklin Historical Commission: Legal Notice - Demolition request for approval

When "No" means "yes, but not now - wait a year"

Per Alan Earl's update in the recent Franklin Observer about the proposed demolition of the carriage house at 201 Main St:

"After some more comments from Kelly and questions and comments from commissioners, the chair, Mary Olsson, asked for and received a motion to close the hearing. She then asked for a motion to approve the demolition. The motion was duly made and seconded and each commissioner, including the chair then voted and all voted no.

That vote sets the clock ticking on a one year delay, after which, the Archdiocese will be free to bulldoze the site if it hasn't found another alternative to demolition in the meantime."

Per email with Mary Olsson to clarify the "No" vote, she responded

"Sadly the only power we have is to delay the demolition of a building for one year. In that time we hope that the owner would come up with some alternative to bulldozing the building. 

After the one year, they can do as they please. In the case of the carriage house, because of it's historic significance and certainly it's uniqueness, there will be some effort to save the building one way or another. 

But you are correct, it's 'no' for now, but eventually 'yes' if they so choose.

The meeting agenda (originally scheduled for Feb 22, then rescheduled at last minute to March 8)  https://www.franklinmatters.org/2023/02/reminder-historical-commission.html
 

The Franklin Observer article -> https://franklinobserver.town.news/g/franklin-town-ma/n/148401/demolition-carriage-house-denied-historical-commission

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view from Queen St

view from Queen St & Pleasant St corner

view to main entrance (Pleasant St behind the building)

view of parking lot side of building

view from parking lot & Pleasant St corner of building

Reminder: Historical Commission schedules a public hearing for a demolition request - Feb 22, 2023

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LEGAL NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that the Town of Franklin Historical Commission

will hold a Public Hearing, Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at 6:30 PM regarding a demolition request application for the property at 

201 Main Street, Franklin MA (Carriage House).

Meeting will be held at the Franklin Historical Museum

80 West Central Street, Franklin

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view from Queen St

view from Queen St & Pleasant St corner

view to main entrance (Pleasant St behind the building)

view of parking lot side of building

view from parking lot & Pleasant St corner of building

Historical Commission schedules a public hearing for a demolition request - Feb 22, 2023

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LEGAL NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that the Town of Franklin Historical Commission

will hold a Public Hearing, Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at 6:30 PM regarding a demolition request application for the property at 

201 Main Street, Franklin MA (Carriage House).

Meeting will be held at the Franklin Historical Museum

80 West Central Street, Franklin

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Historical Commission schedules a public hearing for a demolition request - Feb 22, 2023

Legal Notice: Franklin Historical Commission - property demolition request

HEARING DATE WED 8/3/22

LEGAL NOTICE

Notice is hereby given  that the Town of Franklin

Historical Commission

will hold a Public Hearing,

Wednesday August 3, 2022 6:30 PM

regarding a demolition request

 application for the property at 

121 Grove Street, Franklin MA

Meeting held at the Franklin Historical Museum

80 West Central Street, Franklin

For more about the Franklin Historical Commission, visit their page on the Town of Franklin -> https://www.franklinma.gov/historical-commission

Legal Notice: Franklin Historical Commission - property demolition request

Legal Notice: Franklin Historical Commission - property demolition request

HEARING DATE WED 8/3/22

LEGAL NOTICE

Notice is hereby given  that the Town of Franklin

Historical Commission

will hold a Public Hearing,

Wednesday August 3, 2022 6:30 PM

regarding a demolition request

 application for the property at 

121 Grove Street, Franklin MA

Meeting held at the Franklin Historical Museum

80 West Central Street, Franklin

For more about the Franklin Historical Commission, visit their page on the Town of Franklin -> https://www.franklinma.gov/historical-commission

Legal Notice: Franklin Historical Commission - property demolition request

Recap: Board of Health working unsafe building issues, part of State process for vaccine distribution, expanding awareness of health issues (audio)

Quick recap:

• Meeting opened with one member remote, all other Board of Health and Health Dept personnel in the 3rd floor training room of the Municipal Bldg.
• Demolition permit pulled for unsafe house at 27 Winter St that day. Continuing to monitor
• Discussion of unsafe house at 71 North Park, attorney and one side of the two owners for this unique situation present. House hit by lightning and unrepaired as of yet as the owners work through legal issues around the property (housing ownership not divided in 'normal' manner). To be monitored monthly to determine progress towards resolution
• Nurse has completed registration of Town with State for vaccine distribution, a new clinic for COVID-19 vaccine for youth being scheduled
• Updated COVID-19 case information on Health Dept page (link below)
• Expansion of health info via (1) alerts (colorectal cancer most recent one) and (2) a new podcast episode recorded on Wednesday for The Topic; this time on music therapy. Recording should be available soon

My notes were captured via Twitter and summarized in this ThreadReader PDF

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EFS3bL5jD_QV0lbyROEIp1sbmwt2TljV/view?usp=sharing 

The audio file ->  https://franklin-ma-matters.captivate.fm/episode/fm-742-board-of-health-mtg-03-02-22

FM #742 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 742 in the series. 

This session of the radio show shares the Board of Health meeting held on Wednesday, Mar 2, 2022. The meeting was held in the 3rd floor training room with 1 BoH member remote and at least one public attendee participating remotely virtually via the Zoom conference bridge.

Links to the meeting agenda and my notes are included in the show notes. The recording runs about 32 minutes, so let’s listen to the Board of Health meeting of Mar 2, 2022.

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Meeting agenda 

https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif6896/f/events/boh_agenda_03022022.pdf 

27 Winter St being prepared for demolition

Franklin Historical Commission Meeting - changed to virtual meeting Jan 12, 2022

The scheduled Franklin Historical Commission Meeting and Demolition Request hearing will be held this Wednesday, Jan 12, 2022 via Zoom due to safety and health concerns.

Topic: Franklin Historical Commission Meeting

Time: Jan 12, 2022 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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The original notice can be found -> https://www.franklinmatters.org/2022/01/legal-notice-franklin-historical.html

Franklin Historical Commission - Public Hearing - Jan 12, 2022 - virtual meeting

Legal Notice = Franklin Historical Commission - Public Hearing scheduled for Jan 12, 2022, 6:30 PM

 PUBLIC HEARING 1/12/22

LEGAL NOTICE

Notice is hereby given  that the Town of Franklin

Historical Commission

will hold a Public Hearing,

Wednesday January 12, 2022 6:30 PM

regarding a demolition

 application for the property

 at 230 East Central Street, Franklin MA

Meeting held at the Franklin Historical Museum

80 West Central Street, Franklin

Franklin Historical Commission: Legal Notice - Public Hearing - Jan 12, 2022

Franklin Historical Commission: Legal Notice - Public Hearing - Jan 12, 2022

PUBLIC HEARING 1/12/22

LEGAL NOTICE

Notice is hereby given  that the Town of Franklin

Historical Commission

will hold a Public Hearing,

Wednesday January 12, 2022 6:30 PM

regarding a demolition

 application for the property

 at 230 East Central Street, Franklin MA

Meeting held at the Franklin Historical Museum

80 West Central Street, Franklin

Franklin Historical Commission: Legal Notice - Public Hearing - Jan 12, 2022

Recap - Board of Health meeting - May 5, 2021

Quick Recap:

• No change in mask requirements for sports, may see change after May 10
• Improper demolition of building at 76 Jordan Road becoming more of a mess, asbestos found, mitigation steps with DEP and others now involved
• Winter St deed not filed yet, watching and ready for next steps
• Grant from Metacomet received, more to come on this as it makes progress
• Problem with improper addition to residence at 274 Prospect St and Title 5 documentation

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As with most meetings in this pandemic period, I took my notes via Twitter during the meeting reporting in real-time via the virtual session

The Twitter hashtag can be found online  #boh0505
https://twitter.com/search?q=%23boh0505&src=typed_query 

The agenda doc for this meeting can be found
https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif6896/f/agendas/agenda-5-5-21.pdf

• Real time reporting underway for the Board of Health meeting #boh0505
• Meeting agenda and connection info in doc -> https://franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif6896/f/agendas/agenda-5-5-21.pdf… #boh0505
• Meeting minutes for Apr meeting approved by 3-0 vote
• No change in mask requirements for sports, may see change after May 10 but nothing til then. #boh0505
• and clarification for asbestos; it did come back positive. Needs to hire asbestos certified contractor to handle this. #boh0505 guidance being provided with building inspector; multiple items, scrap ->
• A messy situation that will take time to clear properly. An abutter to the property on the call. Asbestos needs to be treated first, then the remaining debris/junk can be addressed. #boh0505
• Winter St deed not recorded yet, following up, actions steps ready once filled #boh0505
• Metacomet grant released, we are part of the cooperative effort, more to come as it makes progress  #boh0505
• Discussion on a new addition and question on the Title 5 sizing, prior docs show different info than claimant. Include DEP to confirm approach #boh0505 274 Prospect St is address for property in question.
• Motion to adjourn, passed 3-0, meeting ends #boh0505

Audio of meeting to be available in a couple of days

Recap - Board of Health meeting - May 5, 2021

Demolition of Thomson Press

The demolition of Thompson Press was captured when I walked by during the course of 2018.

a rainy day in April 2018

June 8, 2018

July 13, 2018

August 30, 2018

September 25, 2018

September 28, 2018

a pile of rubble October 7, 2018