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The Master Plan Update Committee met as scheduled on Wednesday, December 13, 2023 - 6:30 PM in the 3rd floor conference room. The meeting was broadcast via Franklin TV on the Pride or education channel (the Town Hall channel had the Finance Committee meeting).
FM #1110 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 1110 in the series.
This session of the radio show shares the Master Plan Update Committee meeting held on Wednesday, November 29, 2023.
After an update from the subcommittees, they discussed issues with the Inventory Report, the Survey launched, subcommittee outreach efforts, & approved their Meeting schedule for 2024.
The agenda:
1. Meeting Minutes: September 13 & 27, 2023 & October 25, 2023
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 Cmte discusses, Inventory Report, Survey, Outreach efforts, & approves Meeting schedule for 2024 (audio)
Your participation in this survey is critical as we establish a vision for Franklin's future. Those who complete the survey can enter for a chance to win one of two $100 gift cards to local establishments!
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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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 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!
