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FM #1096 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 1096 in the series.
This session of the radio show shares the Master Plan Update Committee meeting held on Wednesday, November 8, 2023.
After an update from the subcommittee, they got into a review of the "Draft of Existing Conditions Report" which is a key data element for the report as per State master plan requirements. The actual doc runs over 175 pages.
It should be available to committee members next week. The meeting lasts about 96 minutes.
If you have questions or comments you can reach me directly at shersteve @ gmail dot com
The music for the intro and exit was provided by Michael Clark and the group "East of Shirley". The piece is titled "Ernesto, manana" c. Michael Clark & Tintype Tunes, 2008 and used with their permission.
I hope you enjoy!
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Master Plan Update Committee scheduled to meet Wednesday, Nov 8 at 6:30 PM
The Master Plan Update Committee met as scheduled on Wednesday, Nov 8, 2023. After an update from the subcommittee, they got into a review of the "Draft of Existing Conditions Report" which is a key data element for the report as per State master plan requirements. The actual doc runs over 175 page.
It should be available to committee members next week. The meeting lasts about 96 minutes.
The Master Plan Update Committee met as scheduled Wednesday, Oct 25, 2023. They used the 3rd floor conference room with at least 3 members remote. The Franklin TV video link can be found below.
These are my notes captured via Twitter during the meeting.
Master Plan Update Cmte meeting underway, Zoom link provided an opportunity, the link wasn't automatic, needed to manually enter the id to enter. Follow along with agenda here
Subcmte reports: skipping some subcmte updates for those leaders who are remote as the room can't hear them, although they are audible to the Zoom room. Those in the room providing updates. Cobi's group planning a set of 6 meetings to seek public input. Schedule coming.
Cobi's group on Nov 5 will meet at Horace Mann and visit a bunch of facilities via bike ride. Open space met last night awaiting approval of OSRP by State, tree planting discussed, historic goals and updates also covered via Vicki Earls.
Sustainable subcmte reviewed survey draft
Working through the audio issues, now the zoom folks can be heard in the room and the Chair will begin to use his mic properly
Land use update working thru items have dates thru the end of the year. Soon to be posted to the calendar.
Next item in agenda drawing for the Harvest Festival winner. Lynn O'Brian won a $100 gift card!
Moving on to finalize the survey. All edits to survey updated to drive location, looking to launch soon and include a 30 deadline, can be extended if Cmte desires. To use a Google form for the survey. Discussion on map oriented input, fun for user to do, compliments the results
May not be in scope of the Cmte budget, not in the scope for the consultants, some folks don't get the impact of the survey, issue of the map based is difficult via a piece of paper. Example to be shared with Chair & group for further review
Amy comments (rightly) that the entire community needs to be considered and not just the digital enabled folks.
Cobi comments that many of the questions are phrased in such a way to not really get at the gaps or issues that could be raised
Map based survey likely would be better separate not to duplicate this survey. Discussion on alternative ways to get access to the non digital folks. Getting out to the public, takes time and resources to reach them where they are.
Discussion round and round on the survey, question on value of questions for action for the Cmte vs. the demographics being captured to help do the deep diving analysis. Question on
some of the specifics, left out north end of town, left out Crossing section.
Survey moving out to Nov 8 meeting, typos and edits being processed, Amy to send final draft out to Cmte, need final changes done before the meeting. Any comments after Fri, Nov 3, may not be included.
Discussion on use of a story map to help tell about the master plan and update process. More about info sharing rather than info gathering. "A marketing outreach tool"
Motion to adjourn passes via roll call That's all for tonight, catch you next time!
The Master Plan Update Committee met on Wednesday, Sep 27, 2023 and started 10 minutes late. Many of the committee were present in the room; at least 3 members were participating remotely, hence the vote to adjourn was via roll call.
Subcommittees meeting, reported on progress, some are scheduled out, some working to finalize times to meet
Update from BETA and Barrett on the interviews they have been conducting (screen grab of summary slide shown below)
Discussion on the range of interview participants, it appear that some set up on the listing (approx. 60) have not responded to the interview requests (just over 20 completed) so the data may not be fully representative of what is needed. Discussion on how to get more to improve breadth of response, separate from the surveys and outreach which will also provide value later on the drafts being used at that time
Discussion on the Harvest Festival coverage, spot ready, some members of the committee there but covering other booths and available to talk on the Master Plan, seemed to conclude to use a gift card as an incentive to to get on the emailing list. Other gift cards offered would be used later to incent survey responses
Discussion on the survey, what is the value of the responses? are the questions structured to get value? Many opinions shared
FM #1048 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 1048 in the series.
This session of the radio show shares the Master Plan Update Committee meeting held on Wednesday, August 23, 2023.
The Master Plan Update Committee met in the 3rd floor Training Room/ RM 326
Discussion on branding efforts complicated by heavy web presence of Franklin Tennessee and wanting to avoid confusion with them
Will have booth at Harvest Festival, discussion on logo, branding desire to have something ready to handout or engagement with community at booth
Proceeding with "Form Franklin's Future"
Recommendations from multiple members to obtain input in map based form, for multiple good reasons to help visualize and work with qualitatively, if not quantitatively
extended discussion on survey and use of an incentive to increase participation, action to run this by the Town Attny for 2 answers, one if the committee could do so (per meeting likely not); alternatively, might another non-town org (i.e. Dean College) run the survey (and include incentive) to enable the data to be used by the committee. Amy to get answers
Amy to create spreadsheet for committee members to use to add orgs and other contact points for outreach effort
The 2020 update to the Master Plan is the one to use for status of which of the prior plans objectives and actions items were completed or not. Ginelle has marked up the spreadsheet with color coding on completion status and will share to the drive from other members to work with
Meeting adjourns
Listen to the recording of the Master Plan Update Cmte meeting held on August 23, 2023. The meeting runs about 2 hours.
If you have questions or comments you can reach me directly at shersteve @ gmail dot com
The music for the intro and exit was provided by Michael Clark and the group "East of Shirley". The piece is titled "Ernesto, manana" c. Michael Clark & Tintype Tunes, 2008 and used with their permission.
I hope you enjoy!
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You can also subscribe and listen to Franklin Matters audio on iTunes or your favorite podcast app; search in "podcasts" for "Franklin Matters"
Master Plan Update Committee discusses timeline, outreach, survey and more in 2 hour session (audio)
