FM #1500 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 1500 in the series.
This session shares the Police Station Building Cmte Mtg held on Wednesday, August 27, 2025. One member (G Premo) was absent.
Quick recap:
Joe Lynch, Owner Project Manager, (OPM) provides an overview, then the other members of the team walk through the presentation doc shared here
Starting with 200 in Franklin they whittled down to 36, then to 8, then finally to 2; Davis Thayer and Parmenter
Compiled the listing of deficiencies and needs for the current and future department operations, lead to preliminary building design requirements
In turn, these requirements lead to initial placement on the final 2 sites (DT & Parmenter) and a discussion on the pros and cons of each
An initial estimation of the building cost and total project cost was provided. For Parmenter site it could be about $48M, the DT site would be more as it would also require demolition of the existing building and that was not calculated at the time
Next steps were outlined
open houses scheduled for the community to view the existing facility on 911 Panther Way
Tours of 3 recent police buildings done for other communities are being scheduled for the Committee
Next meeting scheduled for Oct 27 at Council Chambers
Site selection is likely to be either at that meeting or the next one in order for the remainder of the project timeline to continue to move forward (i.e. more detailed design, and cost estimations, etc.)
The recording runs about 1 hour & 30 minutes
Audio link -> https://franklin-ma-matters.captivate.fm/episode/fm-1500-police-station-bldg-cmte-mtg-08-27-25/
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Franklin TV video is available for replay -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdnipAetV_Q
Meeting agenda -> https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08272025-1881
Presentation copy -> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OPCajcx6PGeiL2iLebQCN9Kj66sgOz2N/view?usp=drive_link
Police Station Building Cmte project page -> https://www.franklinmapoliceproject.com/
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