Davis Thayer Facilities Analysis Subcommittee Meeting - Jan 14, 2021

Davis Thayer Facilities Analysis 

Subcommittee Meeting

 

January 14, 2021 - 5:30 PM

Virtual Meeting (Link in agenda)

 

MEETING AGENDA

“The listing of matters are those reasonably anticipated by the Chair which may be discussed at the meeting. Not all items listed may in fact be discussed and other items not listed may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law.”

 

• Approval of past minutes (12/9/20)
• Discussion:

○    Review and discuss Stage 1/Phase Two data from district (includes staffing considerations, transportation factors, district map, financial considerations, physical distancing factors)
○    Outline next steps

Agenda doc contains the connection info https://www.franklinps.net/sites/g/files/vyhlif4431/f/agendas/agenda_dt_subcom_1.14.21.pdf

Davis Thayer Facilities Analysis Subcommittee Meeting - Jan 14, 2021

Distinguished Service Award from MAEA for FHS' Brenna M. Johnson

Brenna M. Johnson (@johnsonb_ms) tweeted on Mon, Jan 11, 2021:

I am honored to share that I received the Distinguished Service Award from MAEA. This award is born out of the continued support of amazing colleagues, a strong administrative team, and phenomenal students who make going to work each day easy & inspiring. Thank You! @MassArtEd

Shared from Twitter:   https://t.co/Vx7R1ZmC2t

Among the many good things Ms Johnson does for FHS, she is the coordinator of the student Empty Bowls Club. The Empty Bowls Club is working on bowls for this year's fund raising effort. 
 

You can listen to the interview we did last year as they pivoted to do a virtual event instead of the empty bowls dinner. 

https://www.franklinmatters.org/2020/05/fm-263-fhs-empty-bowl-club-stars-50420.html

Distinguished Service Award from MAEA

FHS boys hockey tops King Philip 6-1 on Monday

From HockomockSports.com we share the FHS sports results: 

Boys Hockey = King Philip, 1 @ Franklin, 6 – Final 

– Franklin scored three times in each half to pick up a key two points in the Kelley-Rex division title race. CJ Jette scored the opening two goals, the first assisted by Justin Magazu and Dom Lampasona, and the second by Patrick Dolan and Will Sheehan. Magazu then scored just before the end of the half on an assist from Justin Abely. Ben Jarosz (JT Dwyer), Declan Lovett (Dylan Marchand), and Ryan Sicchio (Aiden Hunt, Christian Shabbick) scored second half goals for Franklin while Jack Paterson made 27 saves in net. 

 

For other results around the Hockomock League 

https://hockomocksports.com/mondays-schedule-scoreboard-01-11-21/  

 

FHS boys hockey tops King Philip 6-1 on Monday

 

Boston Herald gymnastics preview references FHS team

Kat Cornetta (@KatCornetta) tweeted on Mon, Jan 11, 2021:

Happy High School Gymnastics Season! Thank you to all of the coaches who helped me with this year's high school gymnastics preview. Franklin, Masco, Wakefield, BR-WB, Newton boys co-op are on my list to keep an eye on this year. https://t.co/9UTPIAStoB

Shared from Twitter: https://twitter.com/KatCornetta/status/1348668774078164993

Direct link to the Boston Herald article preview of this season's gymnastics teams

https://www.bostonherald.com/2021/01/11/gymnastics-preview/

 

Boston Herald gymnastics preview references FHS team

 

Boston Globe highlights housing changes coming if Gov Baker signs new law

The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) tweeted on Mon, Jan 11, 2021: "New law would require high density housing near T stations https://t.co/cRAFw4Yf7V"

"For years, housing advocates have argued that one of the smartest ways to tackle Greater Boston’s housing crisis is to make cities and towns that are served by the MBTA build more housing near subway and train stations.

Last week, their wish was granted. At least for now.

Tucked into the 101-page economic development bill passed by the Legislature at the end of its session in the wee hours of Jan. 6 was a measure that would require municipalities served by the T to allow denser housing in at least one district near a station. It’s a measure that could eventually create thousands of apartments and condos in Boston-area suburbs, if it gets Governor Charlie Baker’s signature."

Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/01/11/business/new-law-would-require-high-density-housing-near-t-stations/ 

Direct link to legislation document awaiting signature

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H5250

The move should be approached cautiously to avoid unintended consequences (like gentrification). This was highlighted at least in 2014 with this Boston Globe article:

"Trains can make neighborhoods, by connecting residents to jobs and enabling an intensity of development that isn’t possible in places where residents are handcuffed to their cars. But trains can also break neighborhoods, because gentrification often comes hitched to the back of a rail car. If a city greets new transit with indifference, the most vulnerable residents around a new station don’t stand a chance of remaining in their neighborhood.

Boston is facing that dynamic because subway-like rail service will soon come to the Fairmount Line. The city is scrambling to find a way to harness the Fairmount’s economic potential without triggering runaway gentrification."

Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)

https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2014/07/15/making-fairmount-line-gentrification-proof/KB568Ymham1MCS6iY7bPgM/story.html

 

Memory Cafe' TUESDAY, Jan 12 at 2 PM

Hi Everyone,

 

Hopkinton's Our Time Memory Cafe' invites you, your care partner, family, and friends to join us for a virtual sing-along event Tuesday,Jan 12th at 2 PM. Music artist and therapist Linda Lasalle will lead the sing-along while playing a variety of instruments including harp, guitar, and ukulele.

 

Come join us! Sing, dance, and have fun with your friends!

Topic: Sing-along with music artist and music therapist Linda Lasalle

Time: Jan 12, 2021 02:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83868211745?pwd=WU1pb0pxaEU5bFRYZ29QcWVoZXdYUT09

Meeting ID: 838 6821 1745

Passcode: 297469

--

Ariel Doggett

Virtual Program Coordinator

Respite Coordinator

"We rise by lifting others" - Robert Ingersoll

There is no act of kindness too small

 

Memory Cafe' TUESDAY, Jan 12 at 2 PM

 

Public Hearing Notice - Street Acceptances - Jan 20, 2021

Public Hearing Notice - Street Acceptances

 January 20, 2021 - 7:10 PM

Crystal Drive, Woodhaven Drive, Dena Drive, Skyline Drive, Charles Drive, Baron Road, Cobblestone Drive

 

"Pursuant to Chapter 163 of the Legislative Acts of 2011, the Franklin Town Council will hold a public hearing on Wednesday evening, January 20, 2021 at 7:10 p.m. in the Council Chambers located on the second floor of the Franklin Municipal Building, 355 East Central Street, Franklin, MA to determine if it is in the public interest to accept the following named roads as public ways:

Crystal Drive;Woodhaven Drive; Dena Drive; Skyline Drive, from Station 0+00 to Station 16+88.81, as shown on street acceptance plan;

Charles Drive, from Station 0+00 to Station 12+26.96, as shown on street acceptance plan; Baron Road, from Station 0+00 to Station 28+05.14, as shown on street acceptance plan; Cobblestone Drive; Woodstock Circle"

Shared from the Town of Franklin page  https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif591/f/agendas/legal_notice_-_street_acceptances_crysal_woodhaven_dena_skyline_charles_baron_cobblestone_woodstock.pdf

 

Public Hearing Notice - Street Acceptances - Jan 20, 2021

CommonWealth Magazine: T cuts likely to remain; voter turnout numbers highlight wealth, racial disparities

From CommonWealth Magazine we share two articles of interest for Franklin:

"Most T cuts will stand even with new fed money"

"THE MBTA will receive at least $250 million in federal funding under the latest COVID-19 stimulus package, but agency officials plan to move forward with most of their planned service cuts and direct most of the new money toward the capital budget.

MBTA General Manager Steve Poftak said Monday that the T expects to get somewhere roughly between $250 million and $300 million in additional support, up to $17 million of which will go toward bumping service back up on high-ridership bus routes and maintaining evening commuter rail service.

Despite calls from activists and lawmakers to change course with the federal aid — plus a $52 million upgrade in the T’s state sales tax revenue outlook — the agency plans otherwise to “proceed with a majority of service changes” that the Fiscal and Management Control Board approved in December, Poftak said."

Continue reading the article online

https://commonwealthmagazine.org/transportation/most-t-cuts-will-stand-even-with-new-fed-money/

 

"Turnout numbers highlight wealth, racial disparities"

"IN THE WEALTHY towns of Dover, Sudbury, and Carlisle, more than 90 percent of registered voters cast ballots in the November election.  

In the poorer cities of Springfield, Lawrence, and New Bedford, 55 percent of voters or fewer turned out.  

While the presidential election drew record turnout in Massachusetts, voter turnout statistics highlight yet another measure of a tale of two commonwealths, according to a report released Monday by MassVOTE, a nonprofit that seeks to increase voter participation.   

Communities that were educated, white, and wealthy saw the largest voter turnout. Communities that were poor, minority, and less educated saw the lowest number of voters. Initiatives like no-excuse voting by mail that were meant to make it easier to vote did not help those disparities, and may have even exacerbated them, since state statistics show that voters in wealthier communities were more likely to take advantage of mail-in voting. "

Continue reading the article online

https://commonwealthmagazine.org/politics/turnout-numbers-highlight-wealth-racial-disparities/

 

Direct Link to the MassVOTE report  https://4da245b5-2040-4b7c-8d3a-890d1f13e948.filesusr.com/ugd/ba7258_e4676f6437c14017818263705b266b15.pdf

 

MassVOTE is a Non-Partisan Voting Rights & Issue Advocacy Organization

 

 

Economic Development Subcommittee Meeting - Jan 13, 2021 - Business Listening & Networking Session #5

Economic Development Subcommittee Meeting

Agenda & Meeting Packet

January 13, 2021

6:30 PM 

Agenda:

1. Massachusetts Growth Capital Corporation (MGCC) Sector Specific Relief Grant Program Update.
https://www.empoweringsmallbusiness.org/covid-19-response/sector-specific-relief-grant-program-massachusetts-businesses

2. Business Listening & Networking Session #5: Real Estate, Construction, & Housing.
The members of the EDC will host the third in a series of five Business Listening & Networking Sessions on sectors of the Town’s economy. Anyone is invited to attend and offer public comments.

Agenda doc with connection info: 

https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif591/f/agendas/2021-1-13_edc_listening_session_agenda_.pdf

Jan 13, 2021 - Business Listening & Networking Session #5

Nature Photography, Capturing the Beauty Surrounding Us - Jan 12

Event Date:   Tuesday, January 12, 2021 - 11:00 AM

Join us for a slide show featuring the beautiful Nature, Bird and Animal photography of Renata Gilarova. Slide show will be followed a Q&A. Send us your favorite nature shots for a quick slideshow share at the end of the event.

Email Ariel for the link to join at adoggett@franklinma.gov.  

 

along the main dam at DelCarte (my photo)

FHS gymnasts top North Attleboro for first time since 2016

From HockomockSports.com we share the FHS sports results:

Gymnastics = North Attleboro, 131.95 @ Franklin, 138.60 – Final 

– Junior Emma White impressed on Sunday afternoon, taking the top spot for the Panthers in every event and won the All Around. White had Franklin’s top scores in the vault (9.6), the bars (8.7), the beam (9.4) and the floor (9.2). It marked Franklin’s first win over North since rebooting the gymnastics program in 2016.

Top 3 Scores (Franklin only): 

Vault: Emma White (F) – 9.6 | Kate Rudolph (F) – 9.2 | Caroline Woelfel (F) 9.0 || 

Bars: E. White (F) – 8.7 | Elizabeth Schirduan (F) – 8.3 | K. Rudolph (F) – 8.2 || 

Beam: E. White (F) – 9.4 | K. Rudolph (F) – 8.6 | E. Schirduan (F) – 8.6 || 

Floor: E. White (F) – 9.2 | K. Rudolph (F) – 8.6 | C. Woelfel (F) – 8.5
 

For other results around the Hockomock League

https://hockomocksports.com/sundays-schedule-scoreboard-01-10-21/

 

FHS gymnasts top North Attleboro for first time since 2016

FHS Gymnastics: Meet Caroline Woelfel and Kate Rudolph

FHS Gymnastics (@fhs_gymnastics) tweeted

Meet Caroline! 

@FHSSports

@FranklinHS

@FranklinMatters

@R_Lanigan

@BostonHeraldHS

@MetroWestSports

@HockomockSports

@CarolineWoelfel  https://t.co/CFqU3qwRqZ

Meet Kate!

@FHSSports

@FranklinHS

@FranklinMatters

@R_Lanigan

@BostonHeraldHS

@MetroWestSports

@HockomockSports

@katerudolph17_

https://t.co/MnAsFHzdOW.

Shared from Twitter: https://twitter.com/fhs_gymnastics/status/1348086046517551104

and Twitter: https://twitter.com/fhs_gymnastics/status/1348086305129967618

Meet Caroline! @FHSSports @FranklinHS @FranklinMatters @R_Lanigan @BostonHeraldHS @MetroWestSports @HockomockSports @CarolineWoelfel pic.twitter.com/CFqU3qwRqZ

— FHS Gymnastics (@fhs_gymnastics) January 10, 2021

Meet Kate! @FHSSports @FranklinHS @FranklinMatters @R_Lanigan @BostonHeraldHS @MetroWestSports @HockomockSports @katerudolph17_ pic.twitter.com/MnAsFHzdOW

— FHS Gymnastics (@fhs_gymnastics) January 10, 2021

FHS A World of Difference explains implicit bias (video)

FHS A World of Difference (@Franklin_AWOD) tweeted on Sat, Jan 09, 2021:

What is implicit bias? What is an example? Check out this short video by World Of Difference members Angelina and Jake, explaining implicit bias in just 20 seconds! https://t.co/NYtIjIiVpF

Shared from Twitter: https://twitter.com/Franklin_AWOD/status/1348009048143241219

 

What is implicit bias? What is an example? Check out this short video by World Of Difference members Angelina and Jake, explaining implicit bias in just 20 seconds! pic.twitter.com/NYtIjIiVpF

— FHS A World of Difference (@Franklin_AWOD) January 9, 2021

Session #1 - 50+ Jobseeker - elf-assessment, career pathways, and Ageism

Session #1: Self-assessment, career pathways, and Ageism

3 dates! Attend any one or all three.

Tuesday, January 12^th 10:00 am – 12 pm

Friday, January 15^th 1:00 pm – 3 pm

Monday, January 18^th 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Virtual Doors open 15 minutes before the start time

Facilitators: Melody Beach and Ed Lawrence

If you are already registered with the 50+ program, you have already  received an email inviting you to join the sessions. (Same link works for all three sessions)

 

Not yet in the program? Pre-Registration is required:

https://50plusjobseekers.org/outreach/registration/

 

 For additional information, please contact: Susan Drevitch Kelly, Founder/Program Director at susan@sdkelly.com or 781-378-0520.

Session #1 - 50+ Jobseeker - elf-assessment, career pathways, and Ageism

Franklin Art Association: Demo Meeting - Tuesday, Jan 12 at 6:30 PM

Dear FAA Member,

"Dear folks,

In light of the horror of the seditious actions taking place today in Washington DC, this evening's FAA Zoom Demo is being postponed.

It will take place next Tuesday, Jan 12th at 6:30pm, when this chaos has been brought under control."

 

The 1/12/21 Demo Artist will be our very own Peg Munson, who is going to demo "Paint Pouring".   Peg describes her Paint Pouring or Poured Fluid Art: "Paint pouring involves combining various additives with acrylic paints, and using different techniques and tools the prepared paints are combined and poured onto a surface. The surface can then be tilted, spun, swiped and manipulated to achieve an endless variety of results.

By using some basic knowledge of color theory (color wheel) and learning what additives and techniques will give the desired results almost anyone can create a successful painting. It will require some practice and probably some 'failed' paintings along the way, but it is a lot of FUN."

 

Peg's background:  I have always been interested in art and have done watercolors, stained glass, pastels, alcohol inks and most recently paint pouring with acrylic paints. My interest in photography has been ongoing and is a great pairing with the other art mediums. I am mostly self-taught, but I took weekly pastel classes with Joanne Willoughby for two years and attended several pastel workshops. 

 

I have had several solo shows of my pastel paintings and have participated in several juried art shows in person and online.  As a member of the Franklin and Foxboro Art Associations I participated in many art shows and been pleased to win some ribbons. I recently started a Facebook art page "Margaret L. Munson Art". 

 

In pastel my focus has been landscapes, and since discovering alcohol inks and acrylic paint pouring, I have really enjoyed the abstract art form. I have discovered that paint pouring is a lot of fun and somewhat addictive!  

Peg Munson, who is going to demo "Paint Pouring"

"See you" all next Wed, Jan 6, 2021 Tuesday, Jan 12 at 6:30 PM at the FAA Demo Meeting!! 

The Zoom link will be sent early in the week!